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History of Behaviorism

By jessvand

  • BC

    1. Artistotle began one of the first organized educational instutions in Wester Civilization
    2. Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato began the first instiution of higher education in Western Civilization
    3. Aristotle studies early logic

  • Newton's "Law of Forces", published, "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica"

  • Reid's maxims, which influenced an approach based on functional analysis

  • Scottish Enlightenment

    David Hume: "Hume strove to create a total naturalistic "science of man" that examined the psychological basis of human nature."
    David Hartley: wrote "Observations on Man"
    Thomas Reid: advocated for common sense realism

  • Darwin published "The Origin of the Species"

  • Wundt founded first experimenal psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany

  • Hull founded the American Psychological Association

  • Mach published, "The Science of Mechanics", which influenced Skinner on the notion of functional relationships and behavior analysis

  • Dewey published "The School and Society"

  • Pavlov identified the "conditioned reflex"

  • Thorndike published "Animal Intelligence"

  • Watson, founder of Behaviorism, published "Psychology as the Behavioris Views It"

  • Watson published the book "Behavior"

  • logical positivism emerged out of the Vienna Circle and the Berlin for Empriical Philosophy

  • Frued publsihed, "Beyond the Pleasure Priniciple" and introduced the id, ego, and superego

  • Calkins, first use of the term "radical behaviorism"

  • Wittgenstein published, "Tractatus"

    very influential piece among logical positivists

  • P.W. Bridgman proposed the principle "operationism"

  • Russell published, "Philosophy", which the concept of functionl class came about

  • Woodworth proposed "S-O-R" formulation

  • Carnap published, "Logical Structure of the World"

  • Skinner published "The Concept of the Reflex in the Description of Behavior"

    Skinner established prediction and control

  • Thorndike published "The Fundamentals of Learning"

  • Gutherie published "The Psychology of Learning"

    focused on stimulus-response conditions

  • Skinner publishes "The Behavior of Organisms"

    Skinner proposed 3-term contingency

  • Hull published "Principles of Behavior: An Introduction to Behavior Theory"

  • Hull introduced habit strength and reaction potential

  • Skinner published "The Operational Analysis of Psychological Terms"

    Skinner introduced Radical Behaviorism

  • Skinner publishes "Walden Two"

  • Keller developed a behavioral curriculum a Columbia University

  • Skinner published, "Science and Human Behavior"

  • Skinner publishes "Verbal Behavior"

  • Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior is founded

  • Mach published, "Science of Mechanics"

  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis journal is published

  • Keller published "Goob-Bye Teacher"

  • Baer, Wolf, & Risley define Applied Behavior Analysis

  • Skinner designs the "Teaching Machine"

  • Skinner published, "Beyond Freedom and Dignity"

  • Skinner publishes "About Behaviorism"

  • Bandura described the "Social Learning Theory"

  • Association for Behavior Analysis is formed

  • First Applied Behavior Analysis National Conference

  • The Analysis of Verbal Behavior journal is published

  • Journal of Behavioral Education is published

  • Greer describes the "learn unit"

  • Sidman's describes "stimulus equivalence"

  • Horne & Lowe describe "Naming"

  • The "Behavioral Cusp" is described by Rosales-Ruiz & Baer

  • Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions is published

  • Hayes, Barnes-Holmes, & Roche describe the "Relational Frame Theory"

  • Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention

  • Greer induces the Naming capability