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Assignment 1: Seven Perspectives

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Assignment 1: Seven Perspectives
The behavioral perspective focuses on observable behaviors that are learned from the environment. Behavior doesn’t deal with mind, thoughts or an emotion it is all based on how a person behaves and reacts to things at the moment of what they are doing or being ask something. A person’s environment takes a big role in behavior. Psychology shouldn’t be based on the mind if not it should be observable and measured of the behavior. American psychologist John B. Watson an early leader of the behaviorists movement argued that psychology should be based on observable events. Watson grew up in South, Carolina and attended at age 16 to Furman University. Five years later he graduated and earned his master’s degree
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