Compare and Contrast the Behaviourist Perspective with one other major approach in Psychology
Compare and Contrast the Behaviourist Perspective with one other major approach in Psychology
Psychology is a human science, which aims to describe and understand behaviour, emotion and mental processes of the mind. Modern Psychology began in the laboratories of Wilhelm Wundt at the University of Leipzug Germany in 1879. (Lucy T Benjamin JR 2007). As the study of psychology grew, disagreements within the science arose leading to scholar’s creating different theories to outline their understanding and explanation of behavior.The study of psychology now includes Behaviourism, which presupposes that behaviour is learnt externally, Psychodynamic accredits that the unconscious mind, personality, and childhood experiences has an effect on our lives. Cognitive theorist places emphasis on observation and examines the internal mental faculties and schemas of the mind. I.e. memory, problem solving and language. The Humanistic theorists conceive individual behaviour is connected to his or her inner feelings and self-image; and Biopsychology seeks to understand behaviour in relation to the body and specifically the brain. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast Behavioural and Psychodynamic paradigms
John B Watson (1913) is recognised as the father of Behaviourism ; and proposed that all behaviour is learnt through conditioning ; an interaction with the environment without any internal mental processes involved and can be observed and studied scientifically .There are two main types of conditioning, Operant and Classical. The first is based on the assumption that behaviour is learnt through reinforcement of either rewards or punishment of behaviour to stimulate a frequent response. Classical conditioning on the other hand is based on building a relationship between a ‘neutral stimulus’ something from the environment and which does not elicit a response from an animal and an ‘unconditioned stimulus’ that does. In this case, the behaviour is now learned
Psychology is a human science, which aims to describe and understand behaviour, emotion and mental processes of the mind. Modern Psychology began in the laboratories of Wilhelm Wundt at the University of Leipzug Germany in 1879. (Lucy T Benjamin JR 2007). As the study of psychology grew, disagreements within the science arose leading to scholar’s creating different theories to outline their understanding and explanation of behavior.The study of psychology now includes Behaviourism, which presupposes that behaviour is learnt externally, Psychodynamic accredits that the unconscious mind, personality, and childhood experiences has an effect on our lives. Cognitive theorist places emphasis on observation and examines the internal mental faculties and schemas of the mind. I.e. memory, problem solving and language. The Humanistic theorists conceive individual behaviour is connected to his or her inner feelings and self-image; and Biopsychology seeks to understand behaviour in relation to the body and specifically the brain. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast Behavioural and Psychodynamic paradigms
John B Watson (1913) is recognised as the father of Behaviourism ; and proposed that all behaviour is learnt through conditioning ; an interaction with the environment without any internal mental processes involved and can be observed and studied scientifically .There are two main types of conditioning, Operant and Classical. The first is based on the assumption that behaviour is learnt through reinforcement of either rewards or punishment of behaviour to stimulate a frequent response. Classical conditioning on the other hand is based on building a relationship between a ‘neutral stimulus’ something from the environment and which does not elicit a response from an animal and an ‘unconditioned stimulus’ that does. In this case, the behaviour is now learned