CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

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BEHAVIOURIST THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Read the following statements. Determine whether each statement about Burt B. is from the Behaviourist View, the Social Learning Theory view, or the Humanistic view of personality.Burt reads a lot of self-help books. He believes it’s important for people to continuously improve.
A
Behaviourism
B
Social Learning Theory
C
Humanistic
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -B. F. Skinner believed that the environment determines behavior. According to his view, people have consistent behavior patterns because they have particular kinds of response tendencies. This means that over time, people learn to behave in particular ways.

Detailed explanation-2: -THE BEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVE Behaviorists do not believe personality characteristics are based on genetics or inborn predispositions. Instead, they view personality as shaped by the reinforcements and consequences outside of the organism. In other words, people behave in a consistent manner based on prior learning.

Detailed explanation-3: -Behaviorism and social learning theory. The social learning theory agrees with the behavioral learning theory about outside influences on behavior. However, the social learning theory goes a step further and suggests that internal psychological processes are also an influence on behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -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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