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7. John Broadus Watson was not a firm believer in instincts and believed that instincts were for nonhumans, not humans. Watson associated learning with the associative principles of contiguity, frequency, and recency whom he borrowed from Aristotle. Watson claimed that even though there is no proof of stream of consciousness, there is proof of ever-widening stream of behavior.

o Albert Bandura was known for his social learning theory and observational learning. His theories started a revolution in cognition. He was known for his bobo doll experiments. His observational learning brought upon the bobo doll experiments in which certain behaviors can be mimic through

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