ABSTRACT
Limitations in the behaviorist theory of learning began to be recognized by the early 1920s. The major problem for researchers was that behaviorism was unable to explain most social behaviors. For behaviorist scientists, what one cannot see or measure does not count. Believing was based “only” on seeing and the ability to measure what was seen. Anything else was not considered to be scientific or worthy of consideration. Yet, as researchers and psychologists involved in the scientific study of learning began to realize, the power of the mind to influence or make decisions that are not directly related to an external stimulus was highly significant. It began to become clear that the mind did play a tremendous role.
Cognitivist Learning Theory
