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A 7 page paper that explains the theories of each of these behaviorists. The paper compares and contrasts the theories and reports examples. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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salivating dogs in the early 1900s. John B. Watson was the next major behaviorist after Pavlov and it is Watson who is considered to be the Father of Behaviorism. Watson
would be followed by many more theorists, including B.F. Skinner and Edward C. Tolman. John B. Watson Watson actually wanted to demonstrate that psychology was a true science because
at the time it was not considered thusly. He studies and reported observed behaviors, which provided the empirical evidence to affirm the premise that psychology is a true science ((Graham,
2008). He published his now famous article "Psychology as the behaviorist views it" in 1913, which launched the field of behaviorism (Hunter College, 2008). Watson argued that psychologists should study
actions, not feelings (Hunter College, 2008). Even so, Watson acknowledged three specific innate emotions: fear, anger and love (Hunter College, 2008). Watsons most famous study was the case of Albert,
who was a laboratory workers son (Hunter College, 2008). Watsons experiment with Albert involved giving him a lab rat, which was the stimuli, which brought the play response from Albert
(Hunter College, 2008). Watson then walked up behind the boy playing with the rat and struck a metal bar with a hammer creating a very loud noise that frightened Albert
(Hunter College, 2008). After doing this seven times, i.e., give Albert the lab rat accompanied with the loud metallic, Albert began crying when he was presented with the rat by
itself (Hunter College, 2008). The boys fear response had been transferred to the rat itself. Watson also found that the fear response was generalized to things that were soft
and fuzzy, like a fur coat and even dogs (Hunter College, 2008). The fear response, crying, was extinguished after about a month when no loud sounds were made in the
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