KEY ASSUMPTIONS

• WHAT DOES THE BEHAVIOURIST APPROACH ASSUME ABOUT BIRTH?

  all humans born as blank slates
• WHAT DOES THE BEHAVIOURIST APPROACH ASSUME ABOUT BEHAVIOUR?

  learnt from environment via conditioning
• WHAT DOES THE BEHAVIOURIST APPROACH ONLY CONCERN?

  behaviours that can be observed/ measured
• WHY DID EARLY BEHAVIOURISTS REJECT INTROSPECTION?

  unscientific (collects subjective data)
• WHAT DOES THE BEHAVIOURIST APPROACH RELY ON?

  laboratory experiments and controlled observations
• WHAT DOES THE BEHAVIOURIST APPROACH APPLY TO HUMAN BEHAVIOUR?

  animal studies