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What points should I include when outlining the behavioural approach to explaining phobias?

The layout of this question is all AO1, it's an explanation, not an evaluation. Therefore you should only outline what the theory shows. For this question you need to explain both classical and operant co...

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Explain what is meant by the term 'correlation coefficient' ?

A correlation coefficient is a value between -1 and =1 which indicates the direction and strength of a relationship between two variables. As you may already know, correlations only depict a relationship ...

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Explain one criticism of the biological approach.

Point - A limitation of the biological approach to explaining human behaviour is its reliance on twin studies which cannot differentiate between the effects of nature and nurture.Ex...

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John is in his twenties and has a phobia of animals ever since he was bitten by a dog in his teenage years. Seeing pets causes John extreme anxiety and he goes out his way to avoid contact with animals. How might Behaviourism explain John's phobia?

Behaviourism would explain John's phobia of animals through operant and classical conditioning proposed by Skinner (1934). Firstly, John being bitten by a dog in his teenage years would have evoked a pain...

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Outline how Lorenz and Harlow studied attachment using animals. (6 marks)

Lorenz and Harlow studied animals as a way to find out about attachments. Lorenz used Greylag goose eggs and randomly divided them into two groups. Half of the eggs were raised with their mother in their ...

Answered by Anna C. Psychology tutor
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