AQA A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY PAPER 2 Updated
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Give two strengths of the behaviourist approach. - ANSWERS-- It gave psychology
scientific credibility, focused on careful measurement of observable behaviour in
controlled lab settings, behaviourists emphasised the importance of scientific processes
e.g objectivity, brough the methodology of natural sciences to psychology.
- Laws developed have real-life applications, principles of conditioning brought about
token economy systems which are successful in prisons and psychiatric wards.
Give 3 limitations of the behaviourist approach. - ANSWERS-- Mechanistic view
(animals and humans are seen as machine-like passive responders).
- Environmental Determinism (all behaviour due to past experience so ignores free will,
e.g Skinner says free will is an illusion).
- Animal research has ethical & practical issues (animals exposed to stressful situations
so behaviour may be unnatural, so findings lack validity).
What is Social Learning Theory (SLT)? - ANSWERS-- SLT is concerned with how
people learn when they observe others.
- It is seen as a bridge between the behaviourist approach and the cognitive approach.
What are the key features of Social Learning Theory? - ANSWERS-1) Human learning
is explained through observational learning or 'modelling'.
2) Mediating cognitive factors play an important role in observational learning.
, 3) In vicarious reinforcement, reproduction of behaviour can be motivated when learners
observe role models receiving reinforcement.
4) Involves lab experiments in which quantifiable behaviour is observed.
What is meant by modelling? - ANSWERS-- When a person performs a behaviour and
is seen by another person, they are modelling the behaviour for them.
- If the person who is observing the behaviour judges the other person as a role model,
they identify with them.
What is meant by identification? - ANSWERS-- Involves associating with the qualities,
characteristics and views of a specific role model.
- When a learner identifies with a role model, they will remember their behaviour and
add it to their repertoire of action they can produce and may imitate.
What is imitation? - ANSWERS-- Copying or reproducing behaviour that we have learnt
through observation.
What is reinforcement? - ANSWERS-- The consequence of carrying out an action for a
learner, in general desirable consequences will lead to a behaviour being reproduced.
- If reinforced sufficiently then the behaviour becomes internalised.
What are mediating cognitive factors - ANSWERS-- Internal mental processes that lie
between the stimulus and response.
- Bandura suggested 4 mediational processes:
1) Attention- whether a behaviour is noticed.
2) Retention- whether a learner remembers a behaviour.
3) Motor reproduction- whether a learner is able to perform a behaviour.
4) Motivation- factors that influences how a learner responds to reinforcement.
Outline the procedure Bandura's (1961) Bobo Doll study. - ANSWERS-Aim- To
demonstrate that aggression can be learned through modelling.
Exam 2026 WITH Recent Newest Verified And
Well Analyzed Exam Questions (Actual Exam
2026-2027) Correct Detailed & Verified
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Give two strengths of the behaviourist approach. - ANSWERS-- It gave psychology
scientific credibility, focused on careful measurement of observable behaviour in
controlled lab settings, behaviourists emphasised the importance of scientific processes
e.g objectivity, brough the methodology of natural sciences to psychology.
- Laws developed have real-life applications, principles of conditioning brought about
token economy systems which are successful in prisons and psychiatric wards.
Give 3 limitations of the behaviourist approach. - ANSWERS-- Mechanistic view
(animals and humans are seen as machine-like passive responders).
- Environmental Determinism (all behaviour due to past experience so ignores free will,
e.g Skinner says free will is an illusion).
- Animal research has ethical & practical issues (animals exposed to stressful situations
so behaviour may be unnatural, so findings lack validity).
What is Social Learning Theory (SLT)? - ANSWERS-- SLT is concerned with how
people learn when they observe others.
- It is seen as a bridge between the behaviourist approach and the cognitive approach.
What are the key features of Social Learning Theory? - ANSWERS-1) Human learning
is explained through observational learning or 'modelling'.
2) Mediating cognitive factors play an important role in observational learning.
, 3) In vicarious reinforcement, reproduction of behaviour can be motivated when learners
observe role models receiving reinforcement.
4) Involves lab experiments in which quantifiable behaviour is observed.
What is meant by modelling? - ANSWERS-- When a person performs a behaviour and
is seen by another person, they are modelling the behaviour for them.
- If the person who is observing the behaviour judges the other person as a role model,
they identify with them.
What is meant by identification? - ANSWERS-- Involves associating with the qualities,
characteristics and views of a specific role model.
- When a learner identifies with a role model, they will remember their behaviour and
add it to their repertoire of action they can produce and may imitate.
What is imitation? - ANSWERS-- Copying or reproducing behaviour that we have learnt
through observation.
What is reinforcement? - ANSWERS-- The consequence of carrying out an action for a
learner, in general desirable consequences will lead to a behaviour being reproduced.
- If reinforced sufficiently then the behaviour becomes internalised.
What are mediating cognitive factors - ANSWERS-- Internal mental processes that lie
between the stimulus and response.
- Bandura suggested 4 mediational processes:
1) Attention- whether a behaviour is noticed.
2) Retention- whether a learner remembers a behaviour.
3) Motor reproduction- whether a learner is able to perform a behaviour.
4) Motivation- factors that influences how a learner responds to reinforcement.
Outline the procedure Bandura's (1961) Bobo Doll study. - ANSWERS-Aim- To
demonstrate that aggression can be learned through modelling.
