Behaviorism

Behaviorism

1. learning theory

   • psychological approach

2. The behaviorist movement began in 1913 when John Watson wrote an article methodology and behavioral analysis

   • Behaviorism emphasize the role of environmental factors in influencing behavior
     • This amounts essentially to a focus on learning
   • We learn new behavior through classical or operant
     • 'learning theory
   • Watson (1913) stated that :Psychology Its theoretical goal is … prediction and control.

3. While behaviorists often accept the existence of cognitions and emotionsthey prefer not to study them as only observable

   • they prefer not to study them as only observable behavior can be objectively and scientifically measured

4. Behaviorism is primarily concerned with observable behavior, as opposed to internal events like thinking and emotion

5. Behavior is the result of stimulus – response