ASSUMPTIONS

• KEY ASSUMPTIONS OF BEHAVIOURISM?

  • all humans born as blank slates
  • behaviour is learnt from environment via conditioning
• WHAT DOES THE BEHAVIOURISM APPROACH ONLY CONCERN?

  behaviours that can be observed or measured
• WHAT DID EARLY BEHAVIOURISTS DO?

  reject introspection as it is unscientific (collects subjective data)
• EARLY BEHAVIOURIST EXAMPLE?

  Watson
• WHAT DO BEHAVIOURISTS RELY ON?

  lab experiments, controlled observations
• WHY DO BEHAVIOURISTS RELY ON LAB EXPERIMENTS OR CONTROLLED OBSERVATIONS?

  are standardised
• WHAT DO BEHAVIOURISTS APPLY TO HUMAN BEHAVIOUR?

  animal studies