▁David ▁H ume , ▁is ▁considered ▁an ▁empir ic ist ▁because ▁he ▁le c ates ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁human ▁knowledge ▁in ▁the ▁empir ical ▁world . ▁▁ ▁Lock e ▁recognized ▁that ▁something ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁present , ▁however . ▁ ▁This ▁something , ▁to ▁Lock e , ▁seemed ▁to ▁be ▁" ment al ▁powers ". ▁ ▁Lock e ▁viewed ▁these ▁powers ▁as ▁a ▁bi ological ▁ability ▁the ▁baby ▁is ▁born ▁with , ▁similar ▁to ▁how ▁a ▁baby ▁knows ▁how ▁to ▁bi olog ically ▁function ▁when ▁born . ▁ ▁So ▁as ▁soon ▁as ▁the ▁baby ▁enters ▁the ▁world , ▁it ▁immediately ▁has ▁experiences ▁with ▁its ▁surr ound ings ▁and ▁all ▁of ▁those ▁experiences ▁are ▁being ▁trans cribed ▁to ▁the ▁baby ' s ▁" sl ate ". ▁ ▁All ▁of ▁the ▁experiences ▁then ▁eventually ▁cul min ate ▁into ▁complex ▁and ▁abstract ▁ideas . ▁ ▁This ▁theory ▁can ▁still ▁help ▁teachers ▁understand ▁their ▁students ' ▁learning ▁today . ▁ ▁Edu c ational ▁psych ology ▁ ▁Be havior ▁analysis ▁▁ ▁The ▁term ▁" be havior ism " ▁was ▁co ined ▁by ▁John ▁Watson ▁( 1 8 7 8 – 1 9 5 9 ). ▁Watson ▁believed ▁the ▁behavior ist ▁view ▁is ▁a ▁purely ▁objective ▁experimental ▁branch ▁of ▁natural ▁science ▁with ▁a ▁goal ▁to ▁predict ▁and ▁control ▁behavior . ▁In ▁an ▁article ▁in ▁the ▁Psych ological ▁Review , ▁he ▁stated ▁that , ▁" I ts ▁theoretical ▁goal ▁is ▁the ▁prediction ▁and ▁control ▁of ▁behavior . ▁Int ros pection ▁forms ▁no ▁essential ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁methods , ▁nor ▁is