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Behavioral Approaches in Psychology

Behavioral approaches originated in the 1950s-1960s and focus on demonstrating behavioral conditioning techniques. They vary from other theories like psychoanalysis. Behavioral approaches are applied in areas like anxiety disorders, depression, education, sports psychology, and business. They draw from four key developments: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning theory, and cognitive behavioral therapy. The approaches aim to promote behavioral change by surrounding individuals with positive reinforcement to shape good behaviors.

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Behavioral Approaches in Psychology

Behavioral approaches originated in the 1950s-1960s and focus on demonstrating behavioral conditioning techniques. They vary from other theories like psychoanalysis. Behavioral approaches are applied in areas like anxiety disorders, depression, education, sports psychology, and business. They draw from four key developments: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning theory, and cognitive behavioral therapy. The approaches aim to promote behavioral change by surrounding individuals with positive reinforcement to shape good behaviors.

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Behavioral approach

.. learning practice that promote change


Lets start with surrounding…
Application
• Anxiety disorders
• Depression
• Substance abuse
• Eating disorders
• Domestic violence
• Sexual problems
• Pain management
• Hypertension

(Wilson, 2008)
Areas
• Developmental disabilities
• mental illness
• Education
• Special education
• Community psychology
• Clinical psychology
• Rehabilitation
• Business
• Self-management
• Sports psychology

(Miltenberger, 2008)
Origin
• 1950’s – early 1960’s
• Vary from other theories eg. Psychoanalytical
• focused on demonstrating behavioral conditioning techniques
Four Areas of Development
• (1) Classical Conditioning or Respondent Conditioning
prior to learning that creates a response through pairing
• (2) Operant Conditioning
influenced mainly by the consequences that follow them
• (3) Social Learning Theory or Social Cognitive
environmental events on behavior are mainly determined by cognitive
processes governing how environmental influences are perceived by an
individual and how these events are interpreted
• (4)Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
emphasize cognitive processes that involve private events such as the client’s
self-talk as mediators of behavior change
Start to Shape….

BEHAVIOR
No
Good Behavior
THANK YOU ALL

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