Jeab and the Skinnerian interpretation of behavior.

نویسنده

  • John Wixted
چکیده

At one time, JEAB editorial policy was perceived by some to consist mainly of dogmatically enforcing a Skinnerian interpretation of all findings reported in the journal. Partly in response to that undeserved reputation, the journal explicitly defined itself as the place to publish research on the behavior of individual organisms, and not as a place that encourages any particular theoretical orientation. My own view is that this should not be the journal's identity; instead, JEAB should be the one journal that seriously considers Skinnerian (and related environment based) interpretations of empirical results, whether or not the study involved an analysis of individual subject behavior and whether or not the Skinnerian analysis is ultimately endorsed by the author.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior

دوره 89 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008