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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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Through conditioning — linking cues and outcomes (classical and operant).
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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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Because behaviour is learned, it can be re-learned — the basis of many therapies.
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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 vs biological change?
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Behavioural = learning reshapes what you do; biological = the brain/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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Which concept is this?
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Change — one of the six core concepts.
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