behaviorists

Ivan Pavlov

coined the term classical containing:

• when an animal leans to associate a stimulus that previously had no meaning with a stimulus that has lots of meaning, to elicit a particular response

classical conditioning

a type of associative learning

• when an animal leans to associate a stimulus that previously had no meaning with a stimulus that has lots of meaning, to elicit a particular response

John B. Watson

established the psychological school of behaviorism

• emphasis on external behavior and reaction on given situations, rather than the internal, mental state of the subject

• little albert experiment

• kerplunk experiment

Edward thorndike

believed that animals learn through some sort of interaction with its environment

• also referred to as instrumental learning

• foundation for what would later be described as operant conditioning

B.F. Skinner

called the use of reinforcement to strengthen behavior and punishment to weaken behavior operant conditioning