There were many influences and trends in research leading to the emergence of behaviorism as a separate school of thought? Which theorists contributed most significantly to this evolution? Why?

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According to Pavlov, (2000), Behaviourism in psychology is a psychological theory explains that behaviour can be conditioned through the subjection to the environmental factors. J.B Watson, B.F Skinner and Ivan Pavlov are the theorists who contributed to a great extent in the evolution of behaviourism as a separate school of thought. Ivan Pavlov contributed to the classical conditioning whereby he believed that certain behaviour could be obtained through …

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