Learning Basic Principles of Behaviorism

Real and measurable behavior has significance, not as a manifestation of mental life or abstract.

 mental aspect of consciousness that has no physical form is a pseudo problem for sciene, should be avoided.

 The main Proponents Watson: overt, observable behavior, is the only legitimate subject of a true science of psychology.

 In its development, this extreme view of Watson further developed by the behaviorist by expanding the scope of the study and finally the views of behaviorism behaviorism Watson also become less extreme, by involving the internal factors as well, although the focus on overt behavior persists.

 Flow of behaviorism also donated his method in a controlled and is positivistic in the development of psychology.

 Many experts (al Lundin, 1991 and Leahey, 1991) behaviorism divides into two periods, namely behaviorism early and more recent.

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John B. Watson

Watson argues that introspection is an approach that is of no use. The reason is that if psychology is considered as a science, then the data must be observed and measured. Watson maintains his opinion that only by studying what people do (their behavior) allows psychology to be an objective science. Watson refused to mind as a subject in psychology and maintaining offender as a subject of psychology. Particular behavior or potentially observabel to be observed with a variety of ways both in human and animal activity.

principles in the flow of behaviorism:

1) Emphasizing the conditioned response as an element or a builder actors. External environmental conditions are present in life. Behavior emerged as a response to the conditions surrounding the manusiadan animals.

2) Behavior is learned as a consequence of environmental influences is actually formed because of learned behavior. Environment consists of both past experience and a new course, the physical and social matter. Environment that will provide examples and individuals will learn from all that.

3) Focusing on animal behavior. Humans and animals alike, so studying animal behavior can be used to explain human behavior.