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"Behavioral Psychology 2" Subtitle: The pioneering work of American behaviorism Author: John Watson
"Behavioral Psychology 2" Subtitle: The pioneering work of American behaviorism Author: John Watson
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Introduction · · · · · ·
This book is a classic masterpiece by John Watson, president of the American Psychological Association.
Behavioral psychology is one of the main schools of modern American psychology and one of the schools with the greatest influence on Western psychology. It was born in the United States in the early 20th century. Its significance was a psychological revolution aimed at the defects of the Wundt school theory. Behavioral psychology is contrary to the traditional psychology that adopts the introspective method to study the erratic and fleeting "consciousness". It advocates the study of some visible and tangible characteristics that can directly reflect human consciousness, that is, the study of human behavior itself, which has a profound impact.
The author believed that the object of psychological research was not consciousness but behavior, and advocated studying the relationship between behavior and environment. The research method of psychology must abandon the introspection method and replace it with the experimental method and observation method commonly used in natural science. He played a huge role in making psychology objective and had a significant impact on American psychology.
About the Author · · · · · ·
John Broadus Watson (January 9, 1878 - September 25, 1958) was an American psychologist and the founder of behaviorist psychology. He was elected president of the American Psychological Association in 1915. His main research areas include behaviorist psychology theory and practice, emotional conditioning, and animal psychology. His paper "Psychology as a Behaviorist Thinks of It" is generally considered to be the declaration of the formal establishment of behaviorist psychology. His representative works include "Behaviorism" and "Behavior: An Introduction to Comparative Psychology".
