Proposing reasons for behaviors and mental processes is an example of: a. description b. explanation c. influence d. prediction Mental Processes: Mental processes refer to the various information-processing streams that occur within one's head. Th...
Stimulus-response theory, idea that learning and behaviour can be explained by interactions between stimuli and the responses they evoke. Stimulus-response theory developed from early conceptions of conditioning, a behavioral process whereby a response b
Beginning in the 1930s, behaviourism flourished in the United States, withB.F. Skinnerleading the way in demonstrating the power ofoperant conditioningthrough reinforcement. Behaviourists in university settings conducted experiments on the conditions controlling learning and “shaping” behaviour through rei...