This research method was epitomized be Pavlov's dog salivating experiment. This relatively simple experiment gave insights into how cognitive bonds are formed-and so a methodology was made with Pavlov's experiment. Despite how Watson's influential views shaped the development of psychology for decades, he didn't get to actively participate in the actual research. He left the science community after a divorce scandal back in 1920. Watson's views were challenged by another school of thought called Gestalt psychology. * Pavlov Pavlov was a Russian psychologist, whose research on digestive glands wonhim the Nobel Prize and led to his studies in classical conditioning. His work greatly advanced experimental animal physiology, provided psychology with a more objective methodology, and led to new methods of treating mental illnesses. Although he was a brilliant physiologist and a skillful surgeon, Ivan Pavlov is remembered primarily for his development of the concept of conditioned reflex. In a well-known experiment he trained a hungry dog to salivate at the sound of a bell. The bell had previously become associated by the dog with the sight of food. (Classical conditioning) Pavlov's work laid a foundation for the scientific analysis of human behavior. In 1904 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for his work on digestive secretions.* BehaviorismBehaviorism is the theoretical orientation that is based on the belief that scientific psychology should study only observable behavior. One of the biggest contributions that came out of behaviorism was the rise of animal research in psychology. From the use of animal research, experiments with a tighter control over variables are not possible. ...
