Let's start by saying that no one fits neatly into a little box. I identify as a transsexual but I cannot deny there is a little of the TV, CD and TG in me as well. I also believe that many CD's try to align themselves with the transsexual population; almost as if it is a badge of honour. It isn't.
learning perspective: A psychological approach that emphasizes how the environment and experience affect a persn's or animal's actions; it includes behaviorism and social-cognitive learning theories. behaviorists: focus on the environmental rewards and punishers that maintain or discourage specific behaviors. 19: social-cognitive learning theorists
1 Psychology is the science of behavior. 2  Psychology is not the science of mind -- as something other or different from behavior. 3  Behavior can be described and explained without making ultimate reference to mental events or to internal psychological processes.his non-behavioral something is environmental stimuli and an organism's interactions with, and reinforcement from, the environment. So, the third reason for behaviorism's appeal is that it tries to avoid circular, regressive explanations of behavior.