This assignment will assess your ability to explain behaviorism and cognitivism as separate schools of thought and connect them to the development of cognitive behaviorism. You will show the interaction of these schools of thought through examples related to your professional goals.
Write a 2- to 3-page informational essay incorporating the following:
- Explain behaviorism.
- Provide the definition.
- Discuss at least two key concepts related to behaviorism.
- Explain cognitivism.
- Provide the definition.
- Discuss at least two key concepts related to cognitivism.
- Explain how behaviorism and cognitivism both influenced the formation of cognitive behaviorism.
- Provide an example of how cognitive behaviorism would be important while interacting with others in a work setting aligned with your professional goals (for example, understanding why others might behave inappropriately in order to avoid conflict, or why someone might continue to drink alcohol even though they have lost their driver’s license, or why a child might decide to talk back to a teacher even though it will be punished).
- Focus your example on cognitive behaviorism and what it means in relation to the examples, rather than on the physical characteristics of the example.
