Weaknesses

• Deterministic 


  • Environmental determinism
  • Undermines free will
  • No responsibility of behaviour
  • Little Albert - determined phobia, no free will
• Reductionist


  • Reduces learning and behaviour just to conditioning
  • Bobo Doll Theory
  • Undermines behaviour complexity such as disorders
• Nomothetic


  • Generalises behaviours are the same
  • Generalises animals and humans
  • Bad experience - phobia
  • Ignores individual differences
• Too much emphasis of nuture

  • Focus on environment
  • Ignores biology aspect
  • Nuture exaggerated (Bobo doll + social learning theory)