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    John B. Watson is known as the founder of behaviorism. In his 1913 work "Psychology as the Behaviorist Views it", he argued that psychology should study observable behavior rather than consciousness, use objective experimental methods instead of introspection, and aim to predict and control behavior. Watson demonstrated classical conditioning in his famous 1920 experiment with "Little Albert", where he conditioned a child to fear a white rat by pairing its presentation with a loud noise. The experiment aimed to condition, transfer, and remove emotional responses and helped establish behaviorism as the dominant school of psychology in the 1920s with its emphasis on observable and measurable behaviors over internal mental processes.

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    John B. Watson is known as the founder of behaviorism. In his 1913 work "Psychology as the Behaviorist Views it", he argued that psychology should study observable behavior rather than consciousness, use objective experimental methods instead of introspection, and aim to predict and control behavior. Watson demonstrated classical conditioning in his famous 1920 experiment with "Little Albert", where he conditioned a child to fear a white rat by pairing its presentation with a loud noise. The experiment aimed to condition, transfer, and remove emotional responses and helped establish behaviorism as the dominant school of psychology in the 1920s with its emphasis on observable and measurable behaviors over internal mental processes.

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    John B. Watson is known as the founder of behaviorism. In his 1913 work "Psychology as the Behaviorist Views it", he argued that psychology should study observable behavior rather than consciousness, use objective experimental methods instead of introspection, and aim to predict and control behavior. Watson demonstrated classical conditioning in his famous 1920 experiment with "Little Albert", where he conditioned a child to fear a white rat by pairing its presentation with a loud noise. The experiment aimed to condition, transfer, and remove emotional responses and helped establish behaviorism as the dominant school of psychology in the 1920s with its emphasis on observable and measurable behaviors over internal mental processes.

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    John B.

    Watson (1878-1958)
    Sold Behaviorism to
    Americans (Hunt)
    Early work (1906)
    rats in Hampton Court
    Maze
    1913 Psychology as
    the Behaviorist Views
    it
    Watsons goals for psychology

    Should study behavior, not consciousness


    Use objective methods, not introspection
    Purpose prediction and control of
    behavior
    Methodology?
    Behaviorist methodology the
    conditioned reflex
    Emotions a reflex that can be
    conditioned?
    Fear, Love, and Rage innate,
    unconditioned reflexes
    Conditioning broadens the range of stimuli
    that elicit these emotions
    Watson & Rayner (1920)

    Little Albert
    Goals of the study
    I. Can we condition fear of an animal, e.g., a
    white rat, by visually presenting it and
    simultaneously striking a steel bar?
    II. Will there be a transfer to other animals or
    other objects?
    III. What is the effect of time upon such
    conditioned emotional responses?
    IV. What laboratory methods can be devised for
    their removal?
    Rise of Behaviorism (1920s)
    Claim to be 1st truly scientific psych.
    Focus on visible, measurable
    Dispose of metaphysical questions

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