GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LEARNING THEORIES
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biology/nature
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genetics
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hereditary
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environment
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Detailed explanation-1: -Watson’s behaviorist theory focused not on the internal emotional and psychological conditions of people, but rather on their external and outward behaviors. He believed that a person’s physical responses provided the only insight into internal actions.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -What did Watson believe about thinking? He rejected the idea of introspection-that it was possible to think about consciousness in a scientific way, or to use the mind to think about the mind. The only reliable material for scientific analysis was the observable facts of behaviour.
Detailed explanation-4: -John Broadus Watson (January 9, 1878 – September 25, 1958) was an American psychologist who popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism, establishing it as a psychological school.