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Which other psychologists are considered pioneers of modern behaviorism along with Skinner?

  • Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud

  • John B. Watson and Ivan Pavlov

  • Albert Bandura and Erik Erikson

  • Hans Eysenck and John Bowlby

Answer

Along with B. F. Skinner, John B. Watson and Ivan Pavlov are considered pioneers of modern behaviorism. Watson was the first to assert that psychology should be an objective science that studies only observable behavior, and that mental events should not be considered. Pavlov's work on classical conditioning showed how environmental stimuli could elicit learned responses in animals.
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