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Psychology A-level - approaches

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A weakness of the behaviourist approach?

Author: (Pippa) Pippa Holloway



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-all behaviour conditioned by past conditioning experiences and is environmentally deterministic. -Skinner suggested that eerything we do is a total of our reinforcement history. When smthing happens, we may think that it is because of our free will but, according to Skinner, our past conditioning history determined the outcome. -Ignored the possible influence that free will may have on behaviour, skinner himseifl that free is an influence only. -An extreme position and ignores the influence of conscious decision-making processes on behaviour, like the cognitive apporach suggests


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