behaviourism
Observable conduct science
Behaviourism is a school of psychology that studies only observable behaviour, rejecting introspection and mental states as unscientific.
Associated with Watson and Skinner, it dominated American psychology through the mid-20th century, emphasizing stimulus-response relationships and conditioning.
The approach influenced education, advertising, and animal training.
Also spelled behaviorism.
Conditioning reflex discoverer
- WatsonCommon English surname
- SkinnerBehaviorism's leading theorist
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
- responseAnswer to stimulus
classical · operant · unconditioned · conditioned · reinforcement · punishment · extinction · acquisition
Behaviorism's leading theorist
- PavlovConditioning reflex discoverer
- WatsonCommon English surname
- HullNorthern English port city
- Skinner boxBehavioral research enclosure
Prioritizing goods over spirit
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- environmentalismAdvocacy for nature protection
- functionalismTheory emphasizing purposes and roles
- reductionismExplaining wholes through parts
physicalism · positivism · tabula rasa · black box · mind-body · mechanism
Attentive watching or remark
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
quantifiable · data · evidence · falsifiability · verification · scientific method · controlled experiments · baseline
Simulating or demonstrating form
- imitationCopy of the original
- social learningAcquiring behavior through observation
- habitSettled regular tendency
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
Pavlov
Conditioning reflex discoverer
response · classical · operant · unconditioned · conditioned · reinforcement · punishment · extinction · acquisition · generalization
Skinner
Behaviorism's leading theorist
materialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- environmentalismAdvocacy for nature protection
- functionalismTheory emphasizing purposes and roles
reductionism · physicalism · positivism · tabula rasa · black box · mind-body · mechanism
observation
Attentive watching or remark
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
empirical · quantifiable · data · evidence · falsifiability · verification · scientific method · controlled experiments · baseline · replication
modeling
Simulating or demonstrating form
- imitationCopy of the original
- social learningAcquiring behavior through observation
- habitSettled regular tendency
adaptation · skill acquisition · chaining · prompting · fading
behaviourismcognitivism
Theory prioritizing mental processes
psychoanalysis · cognitive psychology · depth psychology · structuralism · functionalism
behaviourismmentalism
Doctrine of primacy of thought
dualism · idealism · nativism · folk psychology · rationalism