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Rockler, Michael J. – 1987
Education in the United States for most of the last 50 years has built its knowledge base on a single dominating foundation--behavioral psychology. This paper analyzes the history of behaviorism. Syntheses are presented of the theories of Ivan P. Pavlov, J. B. Watson, and B. F. Skinner, all of whom contributed to the body of works on behaviorism.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavioral Objectives, Behaviorism, Brain Hemisphere Functions
