Behaviourist Perspective

Question 1

What are the assumptions for the Behaviourist Perspective

Answer 1

• The behaviourist perspective assumes that all humans are born as a blank slate and that all behaviour is shaped and influenced by the environment and our experiences within it
• Behaviourist psychologists mainly focus on how we learn and acquire our behaviour from the environment and look at the theories of learning.
• they believe that learning can occur through responses to stimuli within the environment, such as:
• Through associations (classical conditioning
• The observation and imitation of a role model (social learning theory)
• Through responses to rewards and consequences (operant conditions)