Evaluate the Behaviourist approach to psychology

Outline a weakness - it relies on animal studies
Give evidence - Pavlov, Skinner
Explain - this makes it difficult to generalise to humans, lacks ecological validity
Link back - this makes a weakness of behaviourism
X 3 (ethics, practical use in therapy, scientific value, determinism)

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