Skinner sees the mind as a "black box," whose content is unknowable. 

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Radical behaviorists believe that cognition does not matter in learning. 

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Edward C. Tolman, another behaviorist, presented findings that conflicted with the strict behaviorist principle of immediate reinforcement. His experiments with rats demonstrated that learning could take place without an instant reward, providing evidence for a cognitive component in the learning process.

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