Black Boxes by Marco J. Nathan;

Author:Marco J. Nathan; [Неизв.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: OUP Premium
Published: 2021-07-23T21:00:00+00:00

§6.4. Skinner’s Black Boxes

Behaviorism is often presented as an uncompromising attempt to transform psychology from the pre-scientific study of consciousness, into a systematic empirical inquiry meant to explain, predict, and control behavior. This is clearly stated in Watson’s (1913, p. 158) manifesto, “Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It,” which opens with the following scathing remarks:

Psychology as the behaviorist views it is a purely objective branch of natural science. Its theoretical goal is the prediction and control of behavior. Introspection forms no essential part of its methods, nor is the scientific value of its data dependent on the readiness with which they lend themselves to interpretation in terms of consciousness. The behaviorist, in his efforts to get a unitary scheme of animal response, recognizes no dividing line between man and brute. The behavior of man, with all of its refinement and complexity, forms only a part of the behaviorist’s total scheme of investigation.

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