CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A basic understanding of behaviorism can be gained by examining the history of four of the most influential psychologists who contributed to the behaviorism: Ivan Pavlov, Edward Thorndike, John B. Watson, and B.F. Skinner.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ivan Pavlov may not have set out to change the face of psychology, but his work had a profound and lasting influence on the science of the mind and behavior. His discovery of classical conditioning helped establish the school of thought known as behaviorism.

Detailed explanation-3: -John B. Watson is known as the father of behaviorism within psychology. John B. Watson (1878–1958) was an influential American psychologist whose most famous work occurred during the early 20th century at Johns Hopkins University.

Detailed explanation-4: -B. F. Skinner was one of the most influential of American psychologists. A behaviorist, he developed the theory of operant conditioning–the idea that behavior is determined by its consequences, be they reinforcements or punishments, which make it more or less likely that the behavior will occur again.

Detailed explanation-5: -Behavioural psychologists studied observable, measurable events creating the basis for a body of empirical and “objective", stimulus-response behaviours. The observational study of animals (Pavlov’s dogs) developed data sets and Learning Theory applicable to all humans (Skinner).