Explain Behaviorism
- Briefly describe the history (including its primary contributors), nature and assumptions of the school of thought associated with behaviorism and explain why behaviorism constitutes or represents a paradigm.
- Identify the social science discipline or disciplines (sociology, psychology, economics, political science, etc.) in which the paradigm is most influential and describe that influence.
- What types of questions are well-addressed and what types of questions are not well addressed by the behaviorist paradigm?
- Why has behaviorism fallen out of favor with social science researchers?
- In what ways does behaviorism have continuing influence?
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