List three behaviorists and write a sentence about each of their contributions to the study of behavior

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ANSWER:
Behaviorists and their contributions are as follows:
Watson: ideas of conditioning into human terms, process of classical conditioning, scientific validation for setting conditions of learning and rewarding the proper responses
Thorndike: godfather of standardized testing, scales to measure student achievement, “stimulus-response” technique for establishing behavior and habits
Skinner: radical behaviorist, doctrine of person as “empty organism” (vessel) to be filled with carefully designed experiences
Bandura:
social learning theory, idea of learning by watching (observing) and imitating (modeling) others both in real life and media

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