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

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Nevaeh

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9 January, 16:39

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

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Chance Roman · 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.