The idea behind the behaviorist branch is that they believe that psychology is studied through observable behaviors. Behaviorists were the first to focus on more objective research as opposed to subjective research like previous leaders in psychology such as Titchener and Freud (Lilienfeld, Lynn, Namy, Woolf). Behaviorism or black box psychology opened the eyes of the psychology community that they should not rely solely on the reports of others, but should have data that they could reproduce and prove, which allowed them to have a more solid scientific basis (Lilienfeld, Lynn, Namy, Woolf). The main behaviorists are Watson and Skinner. Pavlov also had a major impact on this particular branch of psychology. I will discuss a little about each of their major experiments and the contributions they made to the field of psychology; as well as how they can be applied to everyday things. A physiologist known as Ivan Pavlov had a great impact on the field of psychology in particular, the behaviorist movement, he is known for having the idea behind classical conditioning. Before his work in physiology, he was a very religious man and intended to become a priest until he read a book written by Darwin which pushed him towards a more scientific career (WGBH, 1998). What led him to this theory known as classical conditioning was the study of digestion and how the stomach's salvation and response are linked in animals, particularly in dogs (WGBH, 1998). He wanted to see if an external stimulus would change the response process. So in the experiment that became famous in psychology, he took the dog food and presented it to the dog and noticed that the dog was salivating. Then he would emit a tone that...... middle of paper ...... nudges people with mental illness. This information that was learned in the behaviorism branch of psychology impacts your daily life more than we think until you sit down and think about it, like raising your children to train your pet.ReferencesFind the right therapist. (October 10, 2012). GoodTherapyorg Therapy Blog Comments on the Little Albert Experience. Accessed April 20, 2014, from http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/little-albert-experiment Lilienfeld, Lynn, Namy and Woolf (2013) Psychology, John B. Watson. (1999, May 1). History of psychology. Accessed April 20, 2014, from http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/watson.htmWGBH. (1998). B.F. Skinner. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bhskin.htmlWGBH. (1998). Ivan Pavlov. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bhskin.html