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1
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Name two limitations of the learning approach

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  1. Ethical issues

2. Behaviourism is a form of environmental determinism

2
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Explain why ethical issues are a problem for the learning approach

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Animals exposed to stressful conditions - could have affected how they reacted to experimental conditions

3
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What can be concluded if there are ethical issues with the learning approach

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Validity could be questioned due to behaviour not being normal

4
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Name a strength of the learning approach

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Laws have real life applications

5
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Explain real life applications of the learning approach

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Token economy systems - reward appropriate behaviour with tokens - exchanged for privileges

6
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Where do token economies work successfully

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work successfully in prisons and psychiatric wards

7
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Explain how behaviourism is a form of determinism

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Sees all behaviour as determined by experience that has been conditioned

8
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What does behaviourism ignore

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ignores any influence that free will may have on behaviour

9
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What did skinner suggest about free will

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It was an illusion

10
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What did skinner suggest about decision making

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When something happens we impose a sense of having made the decision - but our past conditioning actually determined the outcome

11
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Why is determinism such a problem for the learning approach

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Is an extreme position - ignores indulgence of conscious decision making processes on behaviour