Behavioral Perspective
Behavioral perspective
The behavioral perspective (or behaviorism) can be traced back to the views of prominent psychology thinkers of the early 20th century like Skinner and Watson. This perspective posits the view that all human behavior is acquired through learning.
Strengths
Behavioral perspective is useful in the rehabilitation of sick people and people with autism. The behavioral perspective has changed the way people look at things that are observable. The behavioral perspective has helped people to understand the importance of nurturing good behavior and has played an important part in parenting.
Weaknesses
The whole theory on behavioral perspective as originally posited by Skinner was based on assumptions. The theory also makes it sound like people are animals who can be trained to think in certain ways. As a result of this, many governments and secret organizations have used the theory for negative things like the brain washing in North Korea and Cuba. Another weakness is that the theory is not workable in certain situations. There are situations that clearly show that human behavior cannot change anything. It is extremely difficult to know whether or not a person has changed his behavior. The person could be pretending in order to get a reward.
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I would pick the environment because the evidence is around us. The fact that people living in different parts of the world have different cultures and behavioral patterns is a clear indication that the environment has an important role to play. The fact that children who have the same biological mother but are adopted by different families grow up to have different behavior is a clear indicator that the environment plays an important
The behavioral perspective (or behaviorism) can be traced back to the views of prominent psychology thinkers of the early 20th century like Skinner and Watson. This perspective posits the view that all human behavior is acquired through learning.
Strengths
Behavioral perspective is useful in the rehabilitation of sick people and people with autism. The behavioral perspective has changed the way people look at things that are observable. The behavioral perspective has helped people to understand the importance of nurturing good behavior and has played an important part in parenting.
Weaknesses
The whole theory on behavioral perspective as originally posited by Skinner was based on assumptions. The theory also makes it sound like people are animals who can be trained to think in certain ways. As a result of this, many governments and secret organizations have used the theory for negative things like the brain washing in North Korea and Cuba. Another weakness is that the theory is not workable in certain situations. There are situations that clearly show that human behavior cannot change anything. It is extremely difficult to know whether or not a person has changed his behavior. The person could be pretending in order to get a reward.
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I would pick the environment because the evidence is around us. The fact that people living in different parts of the world have different cultures and behavioral patterns is a clear indication that the environment has an important role to play. The fact that children who have the same biological mother but are adopted by different families grow up to have different behavior is a clear indicator that the environment plays an important