What are the basic differences between behavioral and cognitive views of learning?
Behaviorist see learning as the result of external influences on the individual. The learner is a passive participant in the learning process, responding to the contingencies that surround him. Learning takes place incrementally over time and is extrinsically motivated. Cognitive views of learning, on the other hand, see the learner as socially interactive, and influenced by mediating influences such as perceptions, expectations, motives, and feelings. The learner is intrinsically motivated to make sense of her environment and views the world qualitatively and quantitatively differently at each stage of cognitive development.
