Pavlov (1849-1936)
Watson (1878-1958)
Watson was the creator of behavorist theory, and Pavlov was the first to use conditioning with his experiments of animals. It was Pavlov's reasearch that lead Watson to his beliefs. With the use of conditioning Pavlov was able change how people reacted to things. For example making someone who loves dogs to fearing them, this is an extream
Behaviorism movement started in 1913, John Watson had written a book titled "Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It" that had begun to spring numourous questions about the topic.
Pavlov
In Pavlov's famous experiment, one of the lab assistants would bring food to a group of dogs, causing the dogs to drool saliva. After being conditioned to this, the lab assistant went to the dogs again but didn't give them food, and they discovered that the dogs still drooled in response to the assistant, believing him to have food.
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