Radical behaviorism

Radical behaviorism is a "philosophy of the science of behavior" developed by B. F. Skinner.[1] It refers to the philosophy behind behavior analysis, and is to be distinguished from methodological behaviorism—which has an intense emphasis on observable behaviors—by its inclusion of thinking, feeling, and other private events in the analysis of human and animal psychology.[2] The research in behavior analysis is called the experimental analysis of behavior and the application of the field is called applied behavior analysis (ABA),[3][4] which was originally termed "behavior modification."[5]

  1. ^ Schneider, Susan M., and Morris, Edward K. (1987). "A History of the Term Radical Behaviorism: From Watson to Skinner". The Behavior Analyst, 10(1), p. 36.
  2. ^ Chiesa, Mecca (1974). Radical Behaviorism: The Philosophy and the Science. Reprinted by Authors Cooperative (1994): Boston, Massachusetts. ISBN 0962331147, ISBN 978-0962331145.
  3. ^ Staats, Finley, Minke, Wolf, 1964, "Reinforcement variables and the control of reading responses"
  4. ^ Staats and Butterfield, 1965, "Treatment of non-reading in a culturally-deprived juvenile delinquent: an application of reinforcement principles"
  5. ^ Krasner and Ullmann, 1965, "Research in behavior modification"