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Within a lab, it is easier to control for extraneous variables, meaning that it can be concluded if the dependent variable is affected by the independent variable. Also, there is high replicability as ano...

Social learning theory suggests that aggression is learned through vicarious reinforcement. This means someone, usually a child, learns through watching others being reinforced when carrying out certain b...

The reward/need satisfaction of relationship formation is made up of several key points. One of these is the theory is rewards and punishments. This is the idea that we form relationships based on the pri...

Currently the most successful treatment for schizophrenia is the use of drugs to help balance the chemicals in the patients brain. Leading research on this particular illness has found that excess dopamin...

One assumption of the behaviourist approach is that we are born as a blank slate (known as tabula rasa) and we learn everything from the environment. This assumptions believes that all humans, male and fe...