e-learning design » A Behaviourist Approach http://adrianuni.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:57:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 A behaviourist approach http://adrianuni.edublogs.org/2008/05/03/a-behaviourist-approach/ http://adrianuni.edublogs.org/2008/05/03/a-behaviourist-approach/#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 23:58:20 +0000 adrianuni http://adrianuni.edublogs.org/2008/05/03/a-behaviourist-approach/ I found this excellent table explaining the behaviourist approach

 http://simplypsychology.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/behaviourism.html

Behaviourism Summary

Key Features

Methodology

Basic Assumptions

Areas of Application
  • Psychology should be seen as a science, to be studied in a scientific manner (usually in a laboratory)
  • Behaviourism is primarily concerned with observable behaviour, as opposed to internal events like thinking and emotion
  • Behaviour is the result of stimulus – response (i.e. all behaviour, no matter how complex, can be reduced to a simple stimulus – response association)
  • Behaviour is determined by the environment (e.g. conditioning)
  • Gender Role Development
  • Therapies (e.g. Flooding)
  • Phobias
  • Addictions (Aversion Therapy)
  • Scientific Methods
  • Relationships
  • Language
  • Moral Development

Strengths

Weaknesses
  • Scientific
  • Highly applicable (e.g. therapy)
  • Emphasises objective measurement
  • Many experiments to support theories
  • Identified comparisons between animals (Pavlov) and humans (Watson & Rayner Little Albert)
  • Ignores mediational processes
  • Ignores biology (e.g. testosterone)
  • Too deterministic (little free-will)
  • Experiments – low ecological validity
  • Humanism – can’t compare animals to humans
  • Humanism – rejects scientific method (low ecological validity)
  • Reductionist
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