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What is behavioural change?
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A lasting change in what someone does, driven by learning and experience.
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How does learning change behaviour?
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We learn that two things go together, and we learn from what follows our actions: rewarded behaviour is repeated.
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What is habit formation?
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Repeating an action in the same situation until it becomes automatic.
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What is behaviour modification?
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Deliberately using rewards and consequences to change behaviour.
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Give an example of behaviour modification.
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A sticker chart that rewards a child each time they tidy up.
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Why is behavioural change hopeful?
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Behaviour that was learned can be relearned. Many therapies are built on this.
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Name a therapy based on behavioural change.
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Gradual exposure for phobias, or replacing cues and rewards to break a habit.
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Behavioural or biological change?
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Behavioural: learning reshapes what you do. Biological: the brain or body itself changes.
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Three routes to behavioural change?
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Learning (conditioning), habit formation, and behaviour modification.
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What is a barrier to change?
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Something that holds an old behaviour in place: a habit, a reward that comes at once, other people, low confidence.
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Promotion, prevention, intervention: what is the difference?
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Promotion encourages a healthy behaviour in everyone. Prevention stops a problem before it starts. Intervention helps those who already have it.
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What is operant conditioning?
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Learning from consequences: behaviour that is rewarded is repeated.
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