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Question 3
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During a class debate on psychological approaches, a student made the following comment:

'While classical and operant conditioning explain how associations and consequences shape our actions, much of this perspective is based on highly controlled laboratory experiments, often using non-human participants.'

Briefly discuss the usefulness of the behaviourist approach in explaining human behaviour.

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Approaches in Psychology Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Approaches in Psychology

248 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Approaches in Psychology, covering Learning approaches, Cognitive approach, Biological approach, Psychodynamic approach (A-level only), Humanistic Psychology (A-level only), and Comparison of approaches (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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