Behaviourism Cognitivism Vs.
Behaviorists study individual's behaviour rather than looking at their brain and nervous system.
Behaviour has been defined as the activities of an organism which can be observed. Cognitivists, however study the mental processes underlying behaviours. On the other hand behaviourism does not take into consideration the mental processes which may be the result of the behaviour which is being observed. Behaviourists tend to study the relationship between the relevent stimuli and the response that it elicits and the rewards and piunishments that follow these reponses i.e. conditioning. Cognitivism relies on an analogy between the mind and a computer.