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1 Behaviorism Six Approaches to Psychology

2 Behaviorist Approach Viewing 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

3 Behaviorism Ivan Pavlov, 1849-1936. Russian experimenter who showed automatic/involuntary behavior in learned responses to specific stimuli in the environment. Created “Classical Conditioning.”

4 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.”

5 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.

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