... data and the impossible evaluation of its claims. Comte argued: "we can only be certain of knowledge that results from publicly observable events. Positive knowledge was the result of objective observations using the systematic methods of science."(Goodwin, 1999, p.290). The rapid acceptance of evolutionary thinking among scientists and the resulting growth of animal psychology, which meant developing behavioral measures, influenced significantly the new school of thought. Pavlov's conditioning research eventually provided an important model for American behavioral scientists. On the other hand, the psychoanalysis has emerged in Europe during the late nineteenth century and had a major impact on the twentieth-century thought. Originating with Freud, still awed by his work and obedient to his principles, the psychoanalytic movement has expanded and diverged significantly since his time. His writings continued to be a source of challenge and controversy, as much now as when they first appeared many years ago. There is ...

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