Behaviourist

• Assumptions

  • humans born as a blank slate
  • All behaviour is learnt from environment and can be unlearnt
  • Behaviour is all due to learning so free will is not possible
• AO1

  • only interested in studying behaviour that can be observed and measured
  • rejected introspection, too subjective and not measurable, lab experiments, better way of controlling and measuring behavoiur
  • animals can replace humans, as they learn the same way