Behaviorism (The Norton Library)

John B. Watson

ISBN 10: 0393005240 / ISBN 13: 9780393005240

Published by The Norton Library/W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1970

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Behaviorism (The Norton Library)
• Publisher: The Norton Library/W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393005240
• ISBN 13: 9780393005240
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Virginia Smith (Cover Design)
• Edition: 1st Publ in the Norton Lbry: 1970/1st Pr
• Condition: Very Good
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  • Health, Medical & Mental Health, Hygiene
  • Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research

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Synopsis

This is the sourcebook for one of the most significant movements in twentieth-century psychology.

“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.

From the Back Cover

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.