The Psyche as Behavior

Behaviorism has argued that behavior is the Psyche and the subject matter of psychology. Although, some scientists had done empirical work with objective methods before 1913, the year in which John B. Watson published his manifesto, he was the first one to attempt a systematization of behavior as th...

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Main Author: ARTURO CLAVIJO A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2013-12-01
Series:Revista Colombiana de Psicología
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/view/41315/42886
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spelling doaj-b910ce6c108b444cb94d35911247a9bd2020-11-24T23:57:08ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaRevista Colombiana de Psicología0121-54692013-12-01222377387The Psyche as BehaviorARTURO CLAVIJO A.0Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, ColombiaBehaviorism has argued that behavior is the Psyche and the subject matter of psychology. Although, some scientists had done empirical work with objective methods before 1913, the year in which John B. Watson published his manifesto, he was the first one to attempt a systematization of behavior as the Psyche, that is, as psychology’s subject matter. In this text, I outline Watson’s notion of behavior to compare it with two other forms of behaviorism: Skinner’s radical behaviorism and molar behaviorism. The purpose of the paper is to illustrate how the concept of behavior has been and is changing.http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/view/41315/42886behaviorismJohn B. WatsonbehaviorpsycheconductismocomportamientopsiquecondutismocomportamentoPsique
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The Psyche as Behavior
Revista Colombiana de Psicología
behaviorism
John B. Watson
behavior
psyche
conductismo
comportamiento
psique
condutismo
comportamento
Psique
author_facet ARTURO CLAVIJO A.
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title The Psyche as Behavior
title_short The Psyche as Behavior
title_full The Psyche as Behavior
title_fullStr The Psyche as Behavior
title_full_unstemmed The Psyche as Behavior
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publisher Universidad Nacional de Colombia
series Revista Colombiana de Psicología
issn 0121-5469
publishDate 2013-12-01
description Behaviorism has argued that behavior is the Psyche and the subject matter of psychology. Although, some scientists had done empirical work with objective methods before 1913, the year in which John B. Watson published his manifesto, he was the first one to attempt a systematization of behavior as the Psyche, that is, as psychology’s subject matter. In this text, I outline Watson’s notion of behavior to compare it with two other forms of behaviorism: Skinner’s radical behaviorism and molar behaviorism. The purpose of the paper is to illustrate how the concept of behavior has been and is changing.
topic behaviorism
John B. Watson
behavior
psyche
conductismo
comportamiento
psique
condutismo
comportamento
Psique
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