st pattys day reflection and link

http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/cartoon12.JPG
This link is to a cartoon that I thought was pretty hilarious, dealing with Freud and Pavlov. If you google behaviorism cartoons and go to images there are some pretty hilarious cartoons, a few of which seem to be illustrating a fight between Freud and Pavlov.

I want to reflect on the reading about Behaviorism and its lack of acceptance in the psychological community. I thought it was really interesting that at the beginning of the emergence of psychology there was a shift towards science and proving that psychology was rooted in science and not philosophy, yet once behaviorism came into the picture, rooted in experiments (not many, but some), psychologists were unwilling to give introspection for science.

I was not satisfied with the reasons given for why behaviorism didn't seem to catch on for a few years. I didn't understand the lack of evidence. It must be very hard to push a new point of view onto people when you only have one experiment to rely on. Even then, the one experiment, now, would be considered completely unethical. One of the reasons given for why it was not accepted right away was because it was so practical. To me that doesn't make sense, if something is practical aren't you more likely to believe it...and what does that say about introspection, is it so impractical that it's believable? I don't know I'm just confused I guess.