PSYC85H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Classical Conditioning, Observational Learning, Reflexology
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Behaviourism is one of the most dominant approaches to psychology behaviourists regard behaviour as the only proper subject for psychology (they do not consider subjective experience a legitimate topic) Thorndike should be seen as a transitional figure occupying a middle ground between those functionalists who embraced introspection and the behaviourists who disregarded it completely. Animals cannot be asked to introspect, and one source of behaviourism is animal research. Behaviourism originated in america and pre-revolutionary russia (where pavlov"s work on conditioned reflexes was first initiated) Originally set out to become a priest, but turned to natural sciences after reading darwin"s origin of species. Took interest in physiology, became a medical doctor in 1883, won nobel prize in 1904. He was extremely fortunate to have people around him who took care of him (his brother and then his wife) who allowed him to devote a good amount of time to his research.
