Psychology - Behaviourism

Question 1

Define behaviourism.

Answer 1

Focuses on observable behaviors, rather than internal mental processes, as the primary subject of study. It emphasizes the role of the environment in shaping and controlling behavior through conditioning and reinforcement.

Question 2

Who was John B. Watson?

Answer 2

• Believed that psychologists should study behaviours that they could observe directly.
• Observations should be made objectively.
• Mental processes cannot not be observed - they are private - and therefore should not be studied.
• Radical behaviorism.