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Similarities and Differences of Behaviorism and Non-Behaviorism

-Approaches in psychology that


emphasizes the study of behavior.
-Help students to learn basic facts and
skills.
-Learning and behavior come from
experience and interactions with the
environment, both socail and physical
environments.

Behaviorism
-The prediction and control of human Neo Behaviorism
behavior in which introspection and/or -Behavior cannott be full understood
independent thnking play no essential simply in terms of observable stimuli
part of it's teaching methods. and reactions.
-All human actions and responses can -Introduce mediating variables into the
be explained in terms of reflexes behaviorist stimuls-response scheme.
contditiones by reward and -Learning is the primary mechanism by
punishment. which organisms adjust to a changing
-Focus on animal behavior. environment.
-Learn rather than unlearned behavior. -People create mental maps of things
-Punishment and reinforcement are they percieved.
direct causes of behavior. -Mental maps help individual to
respond other things or task later if
they see similarity.

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