The learning perspective claims that many behaviors generally looked upon as puzzling, or just plain “natural” may be the consequence of patterns of reinforcement-and that these patterns can be manipulated to alter behaviors. (Tavris and Wade, p 214) I believe this has been proven, with studies like little Albert, and in Pavlov\'s study of the dogs. Both of these studies show that behaviors can be learned, but the question is; does behaviorism make a positive or a negative contribution to explaining human behavior? My opinion? Negative. I think it simplifies us (humans) to a point were all that is supposed to matter is what we get for what we do. A statement I read written by Alfie Kohn explains this well:

“Gradually it began to dawn on me that our society is caught in a whopping paradox. We complain loudl

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Alfie Kohn, Tavris Wade, Albert Pavlov's, Behaviorism Reward, Pavlov Watson, tavris wade, alfie kohn,