Psychological Perspectives M1

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Unit 8: Psychological Perspectives- M1 The behaviourist approach: The behaviour approach is basically a theory that assumes that all behaviour is learned and shaped by our environmental surroundings. The behaviourist approach tries to understand human behaviour by what has been learnt and the behaviourist theory assumes that if a person continues to behave in a specific way such as showing irritable behaviour then it isn’t a natural occurrence for them to behave in that way as they have learnt to behave in this way on their own terms. This has occurred with aggression if a child desired to play with a dangerous object, such as something harp that they could hurt themselves with, and the parent was preventing the child and moves the dangerous object away from the child’s reach to avoid an accident, this may trigger the child to get annoyed and begin to throw a tantrum. If the parent doesn’t like their child throwing a tantrum and decides to give the child what they want the child will learn from this experience and will start to understand that they can get their own way by throwing a tantrum, and in the future if they do not get what they want or get their way they will begin to have a tantrum which may lead to aggression and then becoming aggressive. When this child begins to get older and is in a different environment such as nursery/school, they could feel they could be the one to be greedy with things such as toys, and if another child has something that the child wants and the child refuses to give to the child, this child could potentially throw a tantrum and become aggressive to the other child as a result of this. Humanistic approach: The humanistic approach looks at human experience from the viewpoint of the individual. The humanistic approach says that certain behaviour may happen due to people trying to satisfy their needs. If an individual
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