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The Social Learning Theory supports the idea that we learn from the environment and receive feedback in the form of reinforcement. It draws attention to the influence of nurture in shaping our behaviour a...

One major issue with the research conducted by John Bowlby is that there is bias and subjectivity in his findings. Bowlby's theory of maternal deprivation was constructed prior to the research being carri...

The Behaviourist approach explains phobias as being a result of conditioning in relation to a phobic stimulus. According to Behaviourists such as Pavlov, most stimuli are initially neutral (we are not bio...

Psychology involves a lot of memorisation, and how is anybody supposed to remember ALL of those case studies, the names of the psychologists involved, and the results? 'It's too much!' you may cry. Here's...

When writing a 12 mark answer in Psychology, I find it is most helpful to first understand the Assessment Objectives. In these types of question, you are awarded marks for AO1 (content) and A03 (evaluatio...