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He also posited that people go through developmental stages in which their mind and behavior change as they grow up and grow old, an idea taken up by [[Jean Piaget]].

He also posited that people go through developmental stages in which their mind and behavior change as they grow up and grow old, an idea taken up by [[Jean Piaget]].

[[Ivan Pavlov]]'s work on classical conditioning was pivotal. It became combined with the concepts developed in functionalism and the field of [[behavioral psychology]] was born (see [[B.F. Skinner]]), and it was hoped that psychology could became a [[hard science]] like physics with mathematical rigor.

[[Ivan Pavlov]]'s work on [[classical conditioning]] was pivotal. It became combined with the concepts developed in functionalism and the field of [[behavioral psychology]] was born (see [[B.F. Skinner]]), and it was hoped that psychology could became a [[hard science]] like physics with mathematical rigor.

Skinner also thought that all of human behavior was a function of conditioning and instrumental learning.  

Skinner also [[operant conditioning|thought]] that all of human behavior was a function of conditioning and instrumental learning.  

[[Noam Chomsky]] showed that language acquisition follows seemingly innate rules. Thus [[cognitive psychology]] was born as a reaction against behaviorism. Cognitive psychologist attempted to understand the "[[black box]]" of the mind through computational analysis, modeling and rigorous experimentation.  

[[Noam Chomsky]] showed that language acquisition follows seemingly innate rules. Thus [[cognitive psychology]] was born as a reaction against behaviorism. Cognitive psychologist attempted to understand the "[[black box]]" of the mind through computational analysis, modeling and rigorous experimentation.  

[[Stanley Milgram]] published his works on the [[Milgram experiment]] which demonstrated that normal individuals would obey an authority figure and endanger the health and life of other people. This was also linked to [[Philip Zimbardo]]'s work on the [[Stanford prison experiment]] demonstrating the ability for college students to quickly turn into torturers.

[[Stanley Milgram]] published the results of the [[Milgram experiment]] which demonstrated that normal individuals would obey an authority figure and endanger the health and life of other people. This was also linked to [[Philip Zimbardo]]'s work on the [[Stanford prison experiment]] demonstrating the ability for college students to quickly turn into torturers.

== Fields of Psychology ==

== Fields of Psychology ==