Behaviorism indicates that the behavior(s) a person exhibits can be used to draw conclusions about the person's internal mental state. There is a stimulus from the environment that influences a response, or behavior, to occur, and the behavior(s) can be modified through positive and negative reinforcement.
Well, one's internal mental states really aren't of interest at all to the behaviorist. Skinner was interested in how individuals behaved. Period.
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