Psychology A-Level
Behaviourism
What Behaviourism means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Behaviourism
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Holds that we are born a blank slate, that behaviour is learned from the environment by association and consequence, and that laws found in rats hold for people.
Topics that use Behaviourism
- Approaches in Psychology (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Computer models
- Conditions of worth
- Evolution
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- Id, ego and superego
- Internal mental processes
- mediational processes
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