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1. Historical Background

   • Behaviorism’s long past lies in classical Greek naturalism, the Scientific Revolution, and Enlightenment philosophy (Day, 1998; Kantor, 1963). Its short history began 157

2. Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It

   • Presented on February 24, 1913 as the first of nine public lectures Watson delivered at Columbia University that spring,1 Watson’s (1913b) article was published in the March issue of the Psychological Review. It purportedly inspired a revolution in psychology — a behavioral revolution. In celebratory history, it was the death of the psychology of consciousness studied through introspective methods and the birth of the psychology of behavior studied through objective methods

3. Watson’s Legacy: Applied Behavior Analysis

   • As for applied behavior analysis, Baer et al. (1968) described its seven dimensions in the following order: The field “must be applied, behavioral, and analytic. In addition, it should be technological, conceptually systematic, and effective, and it should display 159

4. The Conceptual Systems Dimension: Naturalism

   • Baer et al. (1968) listed this dimension fifth among the seven dimensions of applied behavior analysis. By then, behavior analysis was psychology’s leading neobehaviorism and well-enough established as a system that other dimensions were more important for founding applied behavior analysis. In 1913, though, Watson’s (1913b) conceptual system was the first and defining feature of his behaviorism

5. Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It

   • The psychology of consciousness. Watson (1913b) criticized two psychologies of consciousness.3 In both cases, consciousness was their subject matter, but not, in both cases, what they studied. One studied consciousness for metaphysical reasons; the other studied behavior for methodological reasons.

6. Watson’s Legacy

   • Naturalism was the first legacy of Watson’s (1913b) article for applied behavior analysis,in particular, for its conceptual systems dimension.

7. The Behavioral Dimension: Objectivity

   • Baer et al. (1968) listed the behavioral dimension second among the seven dimensions of applied behavior analysis. In 1913, it was also a second defining feature of Watson’s (1913b) behaviorism. However, he did not use the term behavioral, but instead, the term, objective: “Psychology as the behaviorist views it is a purely objective experimental branch of natural science” (p. 158; emphasis added). Objectivity was the second legacy of his article for applied behavior analysis.

8. The Analytic Dimension: Experimental

   • Baer et al. (1968) listed the analytic dimension third among the seven dimensions of applied behavior analysis. In 1913, it was also a third defining feature of Watson’s (1913b) behaviorism. However, he did not use the term analytic, but instead, the term, experimental: “Psychology as the behaviorist views it is a purely objective experimen tal branch of natural science” (p. 158; emphasis added). Experimental was the third legacy of his article for applied behavior analysis.

9. The Applied Dimension: Applied Research, Behavioral Applications, and Practice

   • Baer et al. (1968) listed the applied dimension first among the seven dimensions of applied behavior analysis. By then, the preceding dimensions were well-known and widely used in psychology and behavior analysis, yet none of them distinguished the new sub-discipline.