Question

Explain behavioral approach along with is techniques.

Answer 1

Answer:

Human behavior is learned, thus all behavior can be unlearned and new behaviors learned in its place. Behaviorism is concerned primarily with the observable and measurable aspects of human behavior. Therefore when behaviors become unacceptable, they can be unlearned. Behaviorism views development as a continuous process in which children play a relatively passive role. It is also a general approach that is used in a variety of settings including both clinical and educational.

Behaviorists assume that the only things that are real (or at least worth studying) are the things we can see and observe. We cannot see the mind ,the id, or the unconscious, but we can see how people act, react and behave. From behavior we may be able to make inferences about the minds and the brain,but they are not the primary focus of the investigation. What people do,not what they think or feel, is the object of the study. Likewise the behaviorist does not look to the mind or the brain to understand the causes of abnormal behavior. He assumes that the behavior represents certain learned habits, and he attempts to determine how they are learned.  

The material that is studied is always behavior. Because behaviorists are not interested in the mind, or its more rarified equivalents such as psyche and soul, inferences about the conditions that maintain and reinforce human behavior can be made from the study of animal behavior. Animal research has provided a very important foundation for the behavioral approach. The behavioral researcher is interested in understanding the mechanisms underlying the behavior of both normal individuals and those with problems that might be referred as "mental illness". When the behavioral model is applied to mental illness, it tends to be used for a wide variety of presenting problems. It is perhaps most effective in treating behavioral disorders and disorders of impulse control, such as excessive drinking, obesity, or sexual problems. Behavioral approaches may be quite useful in treatment of anxiety and have occasionally been helpful in the management of more severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia.