Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It
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"Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It" is John B. Watson’s 1913 manifesto that launched behaviorism by redefining psychology as the objective study of observable behavior rather than consciousness.
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| Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic article
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psychology manifesto ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Behaviorist Manifesto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| argues |
animals and humans should be studied with the same objective methods
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behavior can be studied without reference to consciousness ⓘ |
| author | John B. Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsFor |
abandonment of introspective terminology
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standardization of psychological methods ⓘ |
| centralThesis |
psychology must rely on objective, observable data
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psychology should be the science of behavior, not of consciousness ⓘ |
| citedAs | behaviorist founding text ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
functionalism in psychology
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mentalistic concepts in psychology ⓘ structuralism in psychology ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
experimental methods
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observable behavior ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century psychology ⓘ |
| field | psychology ⓘ |
| genre | theoretical paper ⓘ |
| goalOfPsychologyAccordingToWork |
control of behavior
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prediction of behavior ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | considered the founding document of behaviorism ⓘ |
| impact | helped shift psychology toward a natural science model ⓘ |
| inAcademicDiscipline | history of psychology ⓘ |
| influenced |
American academic psychology in the early 20th century
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later behaviorists such as B. F. Skinner ⓘ research on learning and conditioning ⓘ |
| influencedMovement | behaviorism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| methodologicalStance | methodological behaviorism ⓘ |
| positionOnMind | treats mind as inferred from behavior rather than directly studied ⓘ |
| proposes | prediction and control of behavior as goals of psychology ⓘ |
| publicationType | journal article ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1913 ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Psychological Review NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rejects |
consciousness as the subject matter of psychology
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introspection as a primary method in psychology ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
objective measurement in psychology
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stimulus-response psychology ⓘ |
| subfield | behaviorism ⓘ |
| targetAudience | academic psychologists ⓘ |
| topic |
definition of psychology
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scientific method in psychology ⓘ scope of psychological research ⓘ |
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Behaviorism