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Everything you need to know for unit 1 psychology for the behaviourist approach including assumptions, relationship formation, therapy (systematic desensitisation), evaluation of the approach and Watson and Raynor

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basic responses such as hunger-
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other animaks ofaSimilar nature like
rabbibsr


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, Assumplion Q:Behaviar is learned theugh cendibcnin

Classical conditioning occus whenan associubicn is
made between a previously unleaned respone anol a
nevtral stimuus:if the 2 are paired enoygh the
nedral stimues becomes aconditioned stimulus for
a conditionedl res pony:
Pavlov said dogs dait need to leamn to
He rany a bell CNewralS) whenever he gaue food.
After a while theday began to salivate ay just lke
bell. The bell was now acondtioned sbimks wilh
condibioned response df salabing.


Operant conditioning inwolues learniny throygh
More uoluntary than classical:
The idea that when peaple behave in a
way,they ace rewarded fer ibitheyrepeat it
Af fhey aue punished tey wont:
Comes after Wne responx
Can be posibive Cadeor negabive Ctakecwgy)

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