16 Behaviourism in psychology (2)｜16、心理学中的行为主义（二）

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Behaviourism in psychology (2)
 心理学中的行为主义（二）

On Modern Concept 
of Psychology
-「论心理学的现代概念」-

Some scientists and psychologists through their research contend that, regardless of any explanation, behaviour always appears according to mental behaviour. Since thoughts come before actions, people's behaviour represents the maturation level of their mind. Therefore, behaviour is not a simple action, but the result of thought.    

Some scientists have raised a question about this argument. If that were the case, how do we explain animals' conditioned responses? The author believes that these animals' natural responses are also based on the long-term maturation of their mental states. Even an unpredictable subconscious behaviour is a result of natural mental response. For example, a pigeon will always adopt the behaviour you trained. Thus, no matter what kind of action an animal takes, it is fundamentally influenced by thoughts and then develops into an active behavioural norm.    

Behaviourists believe that response to stimulus is a basic element of natural response. Just like people's appetite increases when they see food, the appetite is increased without being processed by their thoughts. However, psychologists and the author believe that the appetite increasing at the sight of certain food is a result of contact with the behaviour or object in your mind. Otherwise, people would not have an associated appetite increase when seeing food such as sashimi. It does not take high intelligence to know that sashimi tastes unpleasant without condiments, and you will develop an aversion to this food. This is called the Garcia Effect. Any process of forming DNA includes the accumulation of an element of thinking. From this theory we can say any behaviour that leads to your desire is formed by thoughts.