Watson first presented his ideas at psychological meetings between 1908 and 1912, and by 1912 was using the term "behaviorist." The following year he published an article, "Psychology as the ...

It only requires the right conditioning. Behaviorism was formally established with the 1913 publication of John B. Watson's classic paper, "Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It." It is best ...

By then Watson had already formed ideas that would become a whole branch of psychology: behaviorism. He studied the biology, physiology, and behavior of animals, inspired by the recent work of ...