The Role of Theory in Behavior Analysis: A Response to Unfinished Business, Travis Thompson's Review of Staddon's New Behaviorism (2nd edition).

IF 1 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Psychological Record Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2020-06-17 DOI:10.1007/s40732-020-00409-y
J E R Staddon
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Travis Thompson's lengthy review of Staddon's The New Behaviorism requires several corrections and extensions. This response discusses Staddon's analysis of Herrnstein's matching law and concludes that Thompson misinterprets a gentle critique as a paean. The response goes on to defend the utility of models and "internal states" (i.e., postulated processes that are not directly measurable) as "formal representation[s] of the data reduced to a minimal number of terms," a position similar to one of B. F. Skinner's statements. The response ends with a defense of Skinner's empirical brilliance, but a critique of his sweeping societal prescriptions.

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理论在行为分析中的作用:对未完成事业的回应,特拉维斯·汤普森对斯塔登新行为主义的评论(第2版)。
特拉维斯·汤普森(Travis Thompson)对斯塔登的《新行为主义》(The New behavioural ism)的长篇评论需要几处修改和扩展。这篇回应讨论了斯塔登对赫恩斯坦匹配定律的分析,并得出结论,汤普森将温和的批评误解为赞歌。回应继续为模型的效用和“内部状态”(即,不能直接测量的假设过程)辩护,称其为“将数据简化为最小数量的术语的正式表示”,这一立场类似于B. F. Skinner的陈述之一。在回应的结尾,作者为斯金纳在实证方面的才华进行了辩护,但也批评了他为社会开出的药方。
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Psychological Record
Psychological Record PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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期刊介绍: The Psychological Record publishes empirical and conceptual articles related to the field of behavior analysis, behavior science, and behavior theory. The journal welcomes investigations of basic behavioral processes, as well as translational studies that bridge experimental and applied analyses of behavior. Conceptual articles pertinent to the theory and philosophy of behaviorism are also welcome.
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