All mental disorders are caused by faulty learning. Mainly classical conditioning (learning by association) and operant conditioning (learning by consequences).
Strengths
Some mental disorders do have behavioural causes e.g. phobias – Little Albert – Classical conditioning; Anorexia – Vicarious reinforcement
Weaknesses
Not all mental disorders have behavioural causes e.g. schizophrenia is much better explained in biological terms
If mental disorders are caused by faulty learning, the best way to treat them is to reverse the learning.
Strengths
Systematic desensitisation
Effectiveness
Appropriate
Effectiveness
Appropriate
Weaknesses
Systematic desensitisation
Depends on ability to use imagination
Limited to the treatment of phobias
Depends on ability to use imagination
Limited to the treatment of phobias
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