The mentalism behaviorist’s approach states that personal feelings, inner beliefs dictate how a person behaves. Since emotions cannot be observed nor measured mentalists work under assumptions. On the other hand, radical behaviorist approach believes that a person’s behavior is triggered not because of preconceived notion or emotions, but as a response to outside events. The cause of a behavior is outward stimuli, not inside our body.
What is the mind? Human’s beings have an innate ability to reason, be aware and respond to things happening in their environment. I believe our behavior, in certain situations in life, is based on things we learned and experienced in the past. I believe that a mind is a component that allows us to understand,