Behaviourism

• Behaviourists believe in nurture- we are born as a blank slate or a sponge ready to soak up information around us.
• Behaviourists believe in environmental determinism. Everything is learned through experience and is determined by the environment.
• Behaviourism is reductionist as it focuses on stimulus - response units.
• Behaviourists use scientific methods to study behaviour and to explain behaviour.
• Behaviourism can be seen in the real world as token economies and flooding.