John B. Watson

possible for the public majority to accept Watson’s doctrine of child rearing when his family was a model of how not to raise your children? Was the public then, like now, more impressed with charisma and charm than actual results? And how could Watson believe the sermon he preached when his own family disproved his theory? 3. A discussion of how the ideas presented agree or disagree with…

Ivan Pavlov who was a Russian physiologist discovered classical conditioning around 1900. This unique type of learning triggered self-determination and got his interest in finding the conditions that surround classical conditioning. The classical conditioning consists of four elements which are the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), unconditioned response (UCR), conditioned stimulus (CS), conditioned response (CR). Pavlov discovered that even if the dog didn’t have food it would drool. Something…

matching with an unconditioned stimulus (having a delightful nibble) has transformed the tv announcement into a conditioned stimuli . Presently every time you see a tv show announcement, you need a sweet treat. Operant conditioning was brought to light by B. F. Skinner. Under this condition it involves adding reinforcement or punishment only after a behavior has taken place. Operant conditioning focuses on making the voluntary behavior stronger or weaker.Through this procedure, an affiliation is…

I am beginning to get far too familiar with rat paws. After thirteen weeks of recording the red-eyed Sprague Dawley rats walking across an elevated horizontal ladder, a circular ladder and a treadmill, I am now tasked with spending my days evaluating the quality of their walking ability. The video begins at an angle below the ladder and the rat appears in the frame. It is roaming around, familiarizing itself with its environment and probably searching for its cage mate. As it moves around the…

John Watson, last name Broadus was an American psychologist noted as being one of the founders of behaviorism. He was born in January 1878 in Travelers rest in Greenville, South Carolina. He was also the fourth of six children. He father was not such a good influence on his life who always described his son as a sluggish delinquent. He deserted the family home Watson was a young in age and this really had a negative impact on him. His mother was very religious and wanted him to be a minister for…

Classical conditioning is an important concept in behavioral psychology. First introduced by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov in his 1927 book Conditioned Reflexes, classical conditioning was not only a revolutionary finding, but one that is still widely accepted today. Its understanding has lead psychologists to theorize various societal applications. Knowing the mechanisms involved in classical conditioning is key to understanding the importance of this behavioral phenomenon. Classical…

behavioral perspective. I found Ivan Pavlov and John B. Watson’s studies extremely interesting. In Abnormal Psychology by Deborah C. Beidel, Cynthia M. Bulik, and Melinda A. Stanley, it talks about Ivan Pavlov’s study on how he noticed his dogs salivating every time he brought out food for them and he paired with a bell until when he only rang the bell the dogs will salivate because they believed food was coming. I like how based off of Pavlov’s study, Watson applied it to humans. He applied it…

measure the amount of secretion. When his assistant would present food to the dogs, they would salivate. After some time, they noticed that the dogs would salivate whenever the assistant entered the room, irrespective of whether he had food or not. b. Then describe the exact analogy between those observed events and the events he arranged in his classic demonstrations of conditioning, and identify the technical terms that correspond to each. Pavlov began his experimental trail leading to…

The behavioral aspect of phychology is very important to understanding how people act. “Ivan Pavlov was the Russian physiologist that was able to demonstrate that dogs could associate something as neutral such as the ring of a bell could trigger the salvation of a dog.” (Hockenbarry) This was a very immense contribution to phycology because it was able to show future psychologists that people are also able to connect a neutral object with an upcoming event. A person may associate the siren of a…

I imagine that the experience of conditioning Apollo has been much like human parenting: exciting and equally frustrating. After 6 days, Apollo probably thinks he has been successfully training us instead. Since he is a younger rat, it was necessary for Apollo to be well socialized and used to interacting with us. He was not receptive at first, but very quickly after became used to us and his environment. One particular issue in the beginning was his insistence on squeaking when we made contact…