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John b. watson (1878-1958: founded american behaviorism, didn"t like the idea of devoting ourselves to learning the concept of mind or structuralism, suggested that we shouldn"t need mind as an intervening variable if we can, 1. Predict behavior: proposed we should study behavior, rejecting the dominant american parodies and going in a different direction he incorporated russian psychology (ivan petrovich. Pavlov) intentionally and deliberately brought into psychology by. Pavlov passed and got an education: he revolutionized education made it a hallmark of his reign, began work in physiology at st. petersburg institute of. Ivan sechenov (1829-1905: founder of physiology in russia, studied with helmholtz and the best , wrote reflexes of the brain, pavlov realized that he could study learning because. Sechenov said learning could be seen as an automatic, reflexive response: cortical reflexes: include things like learning, remembering, willing these are automatic and can regulate subcortical reflexes, so we can will ourselves to change our heart rate, etc.
