Behaviorism

Watson, John B.

ISBN 10: 0393005240 / ISBN 13: 9780393005240

Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 1970

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Synopsis :

"Two opposed points of view," John B. Watson wrote in 1925, "are still dominant in American psychological thinking: introspective or subjective psychology, and behaviorism or objective psychology." His statement is still true today. Reacting against traditional psychology's emphasis on feelings and introspection, and its lack of precise categories, Watson proposed a methodological approach to psychological problems that would be logical, precise, and scientific. Consciousness, he believed, was not a usable hypothesis: the proper subject of human psychology is the behavior of the human being. Behaviorism aimed to free psychology from elusive, vague concepts and establish it as a true natural science.

Présentation de l'éditeur: John B. Watson is regarded as the father or the founder of the psychological school of behaviorism. In 1913, Watson delivered a lecture called "Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It" which became known as the behaviorist manifesto and it is considered his most important work. This book publishes some articles, such as PSYCHOLOGY AS THE BEHAVIORIST VIEWS IT (Watson); A NEW FORMULA FOR BEHAVIORISM (Tolman); ON "PSYCHOLOGY AS THE BEHAVIORIST VIEWS IT" (Titchener); THE STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR (Thorndike) etc.

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Titre : Behaviorism
Éditeur : W. W. Norton & Company
Date d'édition : 1970
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
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