Altruism in Animals and Humans: Why Do We Help Other People? When Darwin introduced his theory of natural selection - often referred to as 'survival of the fittest' - he revolutionized and crystallized thought and theory in regards to how traits evolve in species.
Aversion Therapy: Aversion therapy uses the behavioral approach principles that new behavior can be 'learnt' in order to overcome addictions, obsessions or, as demonstrated in Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange, violent behavior.
Behavioral Approach: The behavioral approach explained: Introduction to the branches of behaviorism in psychology, assumptions of the approach and an evaluation.
Behavioral Psychology: Articles on Behaviorism in psychology, including an overview of the behavioral approach branches of behaviorism, theories and treatments using behavioral psychology
Classical Behaviorism: Overview and in-depth review of classical behaviorism in psychology.
Erikson's Stages of Human Development: Erik Erikson's theory on stages of human development
Fight or Flight Response: How the Fight-or-Flight response explains stress.
Flooding: If you jumped out of a plane, would you overcome your fear of heights?
Flooding (Continued): Information on flooding as a treatment for phobias
Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs: What motivates humans? Maslow's heirarchy pyramid explains.
Methodological Behaviorism: What is methodological behaviorism in psychology, and how does it differ from other types of behaviorism?
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Radical Behaviorism: Overview of radical behaviorism, including behaviorism and determinism, conditioning, applications of radical behaviorism and criticisms of the approach
Stimulus-Response Theory: Explanation of how the Stimulus-Response theory explains our behavior in psychology.
Teleological Behaviorism: Introduction to teleological behaviorism, a branch of the behavioral approach in psychology. Includes an overview, studies and evaluation of this approach.