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Putting prejudice aside and understanding the radical behaviorism

Skinner's Radical Behaviorism is many times, criticized in an inappropriate and prejudiced way. Actually, many of this critics fit Watson's Psychology, not Radical Behaviorism. Understanding the differences between the idealist and the materialist way of thinking help to clear the way of studying and comprehending the behavior for Radical Behaviorism, as well as its not mentalist position. The study of the historical evolution of Behaviorism is necessary in order to understand the differences between Methodological and Radical Behaviorism as well as their contributions to Psychology.

Methodological behaviorism; Radical behaviorism; Differences


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