Behaviorism dominated psychology in the mid-20th century, but then its infl uence waned

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Behaviorism dominated psychology in the mid-20th century, but then its infl uence waned. This largely is because behaviorism failed to provide convincing research-based explanations for uniquely human phenomena, such as people’s inherent tendency to assign subjective meaning to events. The growth of cognitive psychology, a foundation for theories discussed later in this book, caused the downfall of behaviorism.