sentence: Behaviorists believe that behavior is caused by things that happen in the environment.
sentences_before: Psychologists who study the way the environment influences behavior are called behaviorists.
sentences_after: These things are called external events. External events could be any change in the environment. They study the external causes of behavior instead of a person's feelings. A person's feelings are internal so behaviorists think they cannot be studied scientifically. Feelings are internal because they happen inside of a person's body.
concept_name: behaviorist
headings: Applied behavior analysis History Behaviorism