Why were behaviorists unlikely to view cognition as a part of learning?

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Nico Hull

2 April, 04:38

Why were behaviorists unlikely to view cognition as a part of learning?

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Miranda Hodge · Answer 1

Behaviorists are unlikely to perceive cognition as part of learning because they believed that learners respond to stimulus. It is the negative and the positive reinforcement that the learners receive that shape their behaviors or responses to certain stimuli and not cognition.