Behaviorists and cognitive psychologists have been debating for many years. It is from these two schools of thought that the dueling informational ideas arose. Originally, behaviorism was the major school of thought led by John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner. Later, new ideas about the mind became more important. Edward C. Tolman was one of the most influential figures in this field. Behaviorists looked for more evidence of behavior and rejected any ideas about the mind. An idea that has been widely studied by cognitive psychologists. Behaviorists arose out of frustration with psychoanalysts' emphasis on the unconscious due to their desire to focus only on what was observable. The mind is of course not something that can be observed. Some behaviorists denied the existence of the mind. However, it was within this school of thought that John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner created the practice of classical and operant conditioning. Based on the perspective that everything organisms do, including thinking and feeling, can be considered behavior. Watson, the founder of behaviorism, believed that people did not experience emotions; rather, it is a response provoked by another stimulus. John B. Watson, an American psychologist, became a prominent figure in this field in the early 1900s. He was a man who began by studying animal behavior, which of course led him to his later studies of human behavior. Studies investigating the relationship between sensory input, learning and behavior. By 1913, Watson had published his views on what would become better known as behaviorism. One of the goals he believed about this philosophy of psychology was the prediction and control of behavior....... middle of article...... it is through their research that we We are able to see both the cognitive perspective of psychology and behaviorism and how they came together. ReferencesA2zpsychology (2006). Edward C. Tolman (1886-1959). Retrieved January 15, 2010, from http://www.a2zpsychology.com/great_psychologists/edward_c_tolman.htmWatson, J., & Rayner, R. (1920). Conditioned emotional reactions. Retrieved January 15, 2010 from http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Watson/emotion.htm Mclntyre, T. (2003). The history of behaviorism. Retrieved January 15, 2010 from http://www.behavioradvisor.com/BehavoristHistory.html Vargas, Julie S. (2005), A Brief Biography of B.F. Skinner. Accessed January 15, 2010 from http://www.bfskinner.org/BFSkinner/AboutSkinner.html