[5] “ Behaviourism is a theory of animal and human learning that only focuses on objectively observable behaviors and discounts mental activities. Behavior theorists define learning as nothing more than the acquisition of new behavior.” (Retrieved December 27, 2000, from the World Wide Web: http://www.funderstanding.com/learning_theory_how2.html)

“Behaviorism  was the first psychological theory that had a significant impact on how we understand human learning and it has had a pervasive influence on educational practice around the world……..From a behaviorist perspective, learning is defined as an observable change in behavior and internal processes are considered irrelevant to the study of human learning because they cannot be observed or measured directly.” (Retrieved December 27, 2000, from the World Wide Web: http://itesm.cstudies.ubc.ca/561g/canada/block2/beh.html)

“The theory of behaviorism concentrates on the study of overt behaviors that can be observed and measured. (Good & Brophy, 1990). It views the mind as a “black box” in the sense that response to stimulus can be observed quantitatively, totally ignoring the possibility of thought processes occurring in the mind. Some key players in the development of the behaviorist theory were Pavlov, Watson, Thorndike and Skinner.”

(Retrieved December 27, 2000, from the World Wide Web: http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/802papers/mergel/brenda.htm)