AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Watson is best known for taking his theory of behaviorism and applying it to child development. He believed strongly that a child’s environment is the factor that shapes behaviors over their genetic makeup or natural temperament.

Detailed explanation-2: -A belief in determinism was clearly a commitment of Watson’s, and it seems reasonable to assume it was also a belief of Skinner’s for a time. However, Skinner’s views diverged from Watson’s, and that divergence extended to Watson’s determinism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Methodological Behaviorism Watson’s article ‘Psychology as the behaviorist views it’ is often referred to as the ‘behaviorist manifesto, ’ in which Watson (1913, p. 158) outlines the principles of all behaviorists: ‘Psychology as the behaviorist views it is a purely objective experimental branch of natural science.

Detailed explanation-4: -He thought of psychology as an objective branch of natural science: “Its goal, the prediction, and control of behavior.” Like his fellow behaviorists, he believed that intelligence, temperament, and personality are determined by the environment in which the child is raised.