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Human Behavior
Title: Human Behavior
Category: Social Sciences
Details: Words: 595 | Pages: 2.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Human Behavior
One of the problems with strict behavioral theory is that it very much ignores
the 'human variable'. When we reduce things strictly to stimulus and
response, we can easily forget that there are human feelings, thoughts, and
cognitions that are involved in the expression of a behavior as well. In the
case of Roger a behaviorist will take everything at face value. If Roger comes
in and says he is having trouble studying, it is …showed first 75 words of 595 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 595 total…to have problems. A behaviorist might be
able to change, add or subtract a stimulus to alter a behavior, but only a
cognitive therapist or other type of therapist would be capable of giving a
client his own tools to deal with stimuli which are out of his or her control.
Behaviorism is a theory, which I feel, requires excessive outside maintenance,
and teaches little to a client that they can use to help themselves.
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