Discussion
As a behaviouristic psychologist, Skinner do not take cognizance of ........................... with learning process.
Answer: C
Skinner does not take cognizance of Insight and understanding.
As a radical behaviourist, B. F. Skinner explained learning entirely through observable responses and their consequences: behaviour that is reinforced is strengthened. Internal mental events such as insight and understanding cannot be observed, so they have no place in his account.
Insight was the central idea of Gestalt psychologists such as Wolfgang Kohler, and understanding that of cognitive theorists, which is where the contrast lies. Skinner did deal with motivation (through deprivation and reinforcement), with forgetting (as extinction) and with differences in rate of learning, so the options pairing those with understanding are not the best answer.
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