In what ways did Loeb, Washburn, Small, and Turner influence the new animal psychology?
An essential step towards bigger detachment in psychology of animal could be acknowledged to a psychologist from Germany, Loeb. Responding in contrast to anthropomorphic legacy and the way of introspection via analogy, he established a theory of behavior of animal placed on the tropism concept, a movement which is forced and involuntary.
Loeb admitted that a reaction of an animal against a stimulus is automatic and direct. Therefore, the response of behavior is considered to be compelled by the stimuli and might not need any expression in conditions of purported consciousness of the animal.
In 1900s, the maze for rat was discovered by Small in Clark University and the maze and white mice turned into a standard model for investigation of learning. In analyzing the behavior of the rat, Small made use of channeller terms, documenting about the images and ideas of the rat.
Though, Small’s interpretations were more detached as compared to Romanes’ character of anthropomorphizing, these displayed a concern with processes of mind and its elements.
In the year of 1906, Turner, published a research article named, “A preliminary Note on Ant Behavior”. It was highly praised by Watson. His degree was majorly in zoology, his publications on comparative psychology and animal studies made other psychologists to call Turner one of them.
Being a regular high school teacher of science he did make significant discoveries in the area of insect behavior and learning. The opportunities of teaching for Turner were less, the jobs for opposing psychologists are very scanty.
Washburn used to teach psychology of animal at Cornell. The title of the book by Washburn was titled “The Animal Mind”. In the work by Washburn, the acknowledgement of animal’s consciousness continued as did the procedure of introspection of animal’s mind by similarity with the human brain.