behaviorist
Studies observable actions
A behaviorist studies or practices behaviorism—the psychological approach that focuses on observable behavior rather than internal mental states.
Behaviorists believe actions can be explained through conditioning and environmental stimuli without reference to thoughts or feelings: Behaviorist theories dominated psychology for much of the twentieth century.
Also spelled behaviourist in British English.
Conditioning reflex discoverer
- SkinnerBehaviorism's leading theorist
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
operant · unconditioned · conditioned · extinction · generalization · discrimination · shaping · reinforcement
Common English surname
- SkinnerBehaviorism's leading theorist
- PavlovConditioning reflex discoverer
- HullNorthern English port city
- tabula rasaUnmarked mental starting point
empiricism · environmentalism · determinism · reductionism · mechanism · associationism · functionalism · stimulus-response
Attentive watching or remark
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- quantificationExpressing something numerically
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
data · laboratory · control group · variables · manipulation · baseline · recording · replication
Rewards exchanged for privileges
- ABALawyers' professional body
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- classroom managementMaintaining order while teaching
- animal trainingTeaching creatures desired behaviors
biofeedback · self-monitoring · shaping · chaining · prompting · addiction treatment
Pavlov
Conditioning reflex discoverer
classical · operant · unconditioned · conditioned · extinction · generalization · discrimination · shaping · reinforcement · punishment
Watson
Common English surname
- SkinnerBehaviorism's leading theorist
- PavlovConditioning reflex discoverer
- HullNorthern English port city
tabula rasa · empiricism · environmentalism · determinism · reductionism · mechanism · associationism · functionalism · stimulus-response · black box
observation
Attentive watching or remark
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- quantificationExpressing something numerically
empirical · data · laboratory · control group · variables · manipulation · baseline · recording · replication · objectivity
token economy
Rewards exchanged for privileges
- ABALawyers' professional body
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- classroom managementMaintaining order while teaching
animal training · biofeedback · self-monitoring · shaping · chaining · prompting · addiction treatment
- teaching methodspresentation, lecturing, discussion, modeling, hands-on learning
- zoo jobszookeeper, keeper, animal keeper, head keeper, zoo director
- animal scientistszoologist, ethologist, marine biologist, ornithologist, wildlife biologist
- dog jobshandler, trainer, guide dog trainer, dog show judge, service dog trainer
- PsychologistsFreud, Jung, Piaget, Skinner, Maslow
- social scientistssociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, economist, political scientist
behavioristFreudian
Of unconscious-mind theory
psychoanalyst · mentalist · cognitivist · cognitive psychologist · subjectivist
- animal behavioristsScientists studying fauna conduct