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Behaviourism Classic Studies

Bandura, A (1961). Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 63, 575-582.

Dunlap, Knight. (1912). The case against introspection. Psychological Review, 19, 404-413.

Hull, Clark L. (1935). The conflicting psychologies of learning -- A way out. Psychological Review, 42, 491-516.

Jones, Mary Cover. (1924). A laboratory study of fear: The case of Peter. Pedagogical Seminary, 31, 308-315.

Pavlov, Ivan P. (1927). Conditioned reflexes: An investigation of the physiological activity of the cerebral cortex (G. V. Anrep, Trans.). (Original work published 1927)

Skinner, B. F. (1935). Two types of conditioned reflex and a pseudo type. Journal of General Psychology, 12, 66-77. [Major statement of operant behaviorism.]

Skinner, B. F. (1948). 'Superstition' in the pigeon. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 38, 168-172. [A classic in learning theory.]

Skinner, B. F. (1950). Are theories of learning necessary? Psychological Review, 57, 193-216.

Skinner, B. F. (1989) The Origins of Cognitive Thought. Recent Issues in the Analysis of Behavior, Merrill Publishing Company.

Thorndike, Edward L. (1911). Animal intelligence. [Most important book of the significant Columbia functionalist.]

Tolman, Edward C. (1922). A new formula for behaviorism. Psychological Review, 29, 44-53. [Classic statement of Tolman's "cognitive" behaviorism.]

Tolman, Edward, C. (1948). Cognitive maps in rats and men. Psychological Review, 55(4), 189-208. [Major revision of Tolman's "cognitive" behaviorism.]

Watson, John B. (1907). Studying the mind of animals. The World Today, 12, 421-426. [A rare, early, popular statement of functionalism by the "founder" of behaviourism.]

Watson, John B. (1913). Psychology as the behaviorist views it. Psychological Review, 20, 158-177. [The classic manifesto of behaviorism.]

Watson, John B. (1916). Behavior and the concept of mental disease. Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods, 13, 589-597.

Watson, John B. (1920). Is thinking merely the action of language mechanisms? British Journal of Psychology, 11, 87-104.

Watson, John B. & Rayner, Rosalie. (1920). Conditioned emotional reactions. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 3, 1-14. [The famous "Little Albert" study.]

Watson, John B. & MacDougall,[1] William. (1929). The battle of behaviorism: An exposition and an exposure.

Yerkes, Robert M. & Dodson, John D. (1908). The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habit-formation. Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology, 18, 459-482.

Yerkes, Robert M. & Morgulis, Sergius. (1909). The method of Pawlow in animal psychology. Psychological Bulletin, 6, 257-273.


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