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BEHAVIOURIST THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Behaviourism is measured on external behaviour, as opposed to internal like thinking and emotion.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Behaviorism is primarily concerned with observable behavior, as opposed to internal events like thinking. Behavior is the result of stimulus–response (i.e., all behavior, no matter how complex, can be reduced to a simple stimulus – response features).

Detailed explanation-2: -Behaviourism is measured on external behaviour, as opposed to internal like thinking and emotion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Behaviorism focuses on the idea that all behaviors are learned through interaction with the environment. This learning theory states that behaviors are learned from the environment, and says that innate or inherited factors have very little influence on behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following statements is true of behaviorists? They emphasize the scientific study of observable behavioral responses.

Detailed explanation-5: -In short, behaviorism emphasizes how people interact with their environment. Over time, these interactions (called “stimuli”) form particular behaviors. The process by which this behavior is formed is known as conditioning.

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