BEHAVIORISM NEO COGNITIVISM

BEHAVIORISM

ASSUMPTION “Learning is overt action.” “Learning is overt action and internal “Learning is internal action.”
processes.”

PROPONENTS Watson Bandura Piaget

Thorndike Meichenbaum Bruner

Skinner Ausubel

RESEARCH Lab study with animals Lab study with animals and human Human
study
Study

PROCESSES Classical and Social Learning and Modeling Informing processing, cognitive
structure
Operant Conditioning