The behaviourist approach holds that our behaviour is completely under the control of conditioning. We respond to external stimuli and are variously reinforced (not ‘rewarded’ — negative reinforcement is reinforcement, but it isn’t a reward). The cognitive approach holds that our behaviour is mainly under the control of our internal cognitive processes, essentially ‘thinking’.
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