The article primarily focused on the contributions Pavlov made to behaviour therapy. It was argued that of all of Pavlov’s theoretical principles, the conditioning paradigms were the most influential to the establishment of behaviour therapy. The article outlined the Pavlovian origins of behaviour therapy, highlighting that Pavlov’s conditioning process could not only produce but eliminate neurotic behaviours. It was argued that the conditioning process of eliminating the neurotic behaviour, which was termed counterconditioning, provided important theoretical implications to the foundation of behaviour therapy. The article then illustrates that Pavlov’s principles on conditioning were later examined and systematically expanded upon by his students.
