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Page 1: Behaviorism Six Approaches to Psychology. Behaviorist Approach Viewing behavior as the product of learning and associations ◦B.F. Skinner ◦John B. Watson

BehaviorismSix Approaches to Psychology

Page 2: Behaviorism Six Approaches to Psychology. Behaviorist Approach Viewing behavior as the product of learning and associations ◦B.F. Skinner ◦John B. Watson

Behaviorist ApproachViewing behavior as the product of

learning and associations◦B.F. Skinner◦John B. Watson ◦Ivan Pavlov

Advantages◦Observable, measurable & scientific◦Many experiments to support founding

Disadvantages◦Takes away “free will” & Ignores biology

Page 3: Behaviorism Six Approaches to Psychology. Behaviorist Approach Viewing behavior as the product of learning and associations ◦B.F. Skinner ◦John B. Watson

BehaviorismIvan Pavlov, 1849-1936. Russian experimenter who showed

automatic/involuntary behavior in learned responses to specific stimuli in the environment.

Created “Classical Conditioning.”

Page 4: Behaviorism Six Approaches to Psychology. Behaviorist Approach Viewing behavior as the product of learning and associations ◦B.F. Skinner ◦John B. Watson

Behaviorism

John Watson, 1913. Psychology can never be

as objective as chemistry or biology. Consciousness is not that easy.

“I can take a child and make him into anything, a beggar, a doctor, a thief.”

Page 5: Behaviorism Six Approaches to Psychology. Behaviorist Approach Viewing behavior as the product of learning and associations ◦B.F. Skinner ◦John B. Watson

Behaviorism

B.F. Skinner, 1950’s. Dismissed importance of inherited

traits and instincts about human behavior

Believed that all behavior is a result of rewards and punishments in the past.