Make the case that prior to Watson’s formulations, behaviorism was very much “in the air” in the United States. What were the circumstances under which Pavlov discovered the conditioned reflex, and...

Make the case that prior to Watson’s formulations, behaviorism was very much “in the air” in the United States.

What were the circumstances under which Pavlov discovered the conditioned reflex, and why did he initially resist studying it?