Psychology as a Behaviorist Views It
Matt Normand“Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It” was the title of John B. Watson’s infamous behaviorist manifesto of 1913. The title of this Substack is an homage to Watson, recognizing that I will be commenting on psychology as one behaviorist, among many.
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“Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It” was the title of John B. Watson’s infamous behaviorist manifesto, as it is sometimes called, of 1913. Watson called for a natural science of psychology that focused on the prediction and control of b...
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I am a professor of psychology and a behavioral psychologist, by training and trade. I think B. F. Skinner is one of the most important dead white males of all time.
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