The legacy of John B. Watson’s
behaviorist manifesto for
applied behavior analysis
The cpnceptual Systems
dimension: naturalism
Psychology was defined as " a
purely objeetive
experimental branch of
natural science#
The psychology
of behavior
Studied behavior for
metaphysical reason
Studied
behavior for
methodological
reason
The behavioral dimension:
objetivity
Not use the term behavioral, but
instead, the term, objetive:
Psycology as the behaviorist views
it is a purely onjetive
Described the behavioral dimension
this way: Applied behavior analysis
will emphasize objective definitions,
direct observation, and accurate and
reliable measurement.
The Applied Dimension
In Behavioral application, the behavior,
stimuli, and/or organism under study are
chosen based on their importance to man
and society, rather than on their
importance to theory
The analytic Dimension: Experimental
An experimenter has achieved an analysis of
behavior when he can exercise control