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Behaviourism

Behaviourists like B.F. Skinner and John Watson were interested in how people learn. 

Behaviourists are more interested in overt behaviours than internal experiences. They believed that only external behaviours could be studied scientifically.

Behaviourism is criticized for likening humans to animals, ignoring internal thoughts and interpretations.

Practice: Behaviourism 
Which of the following would behaviourists not be interested investigating? 

A) what do students do when they're told the final will be far easier than the previous exam? 

B) how often do rats press a lever if they are rewarded for every 5th press? 

C) how do people feel about spiders? 

D) are people more likely to clean up their workspace if they get a positive comment from a supervisor? 

I don't know

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