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In the 1900s, psychology was dominated by the school of behaviourism, under the leadership of John B. Watson. The school was inspired by brilliant results in animal psychology achieved by Morgan and Thorndike. Human beings, Watson declared, should be studied like any other animals. ‘Behaviour’ should be observed like the phenomena in all other natural sciences.
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© 1991 David Minton and City and Guilds of London Institute
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Minton, D. (1991). Behaviourism. In: Teaching Skills in Further & Adult Education. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12278-3_25
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