Amd, Micah (2015) Book Review: Out with the Old, in with the New . . . Or So We Should Believe: A Review of J. E. R. Staddon’s The New Behaviorism, Second Edition: Staddon, J, The new behaviorism. London: Psychology Press: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014. ISBN-13: 978-1848726888. The Psychological record, 65 (3). pp. 589-593. ISSN 0033-2933
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Abstract
By invoking his approach to the science of behavior as the
new behaviorism, John Staddon dismisses the large variety of
Bbehaviorisms that have emerged over the past quarter century. Indeed, among the numerous options available for the
modern behaviorist, such as biological behaviorism
(Timberlake 1999), functional contextualism (Gifford and
Hayes 1999), and logical behaviorism (Kitchener 1999), to
name just a few (for a comprehensive review, see O’Donohue
and Kitchener 1999), Staddon only acknowledges Rachlin’s
(2014) teleological approach, and even that quite briefly. Despite neglecting the work of so many of his contemporaries,
Staddon’s extensive contributions to both radical behaviorism
(Staddon 1993) and the experimental analysis of behavior
(Staddon and Cerutti 2003) warrants the attention of behavioral scientists of all stripes. The present review aims to focus
on those features Staddon considers essential for TB while
omitting mention of aspects already discussed in reviews of
the first edition (Baum 2004; Zuriff 2001). I begin the present
review by summarizing the contents of the second edition of
The New Behaviorism in the section below.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Out with the Old; in with the New; Or So We Should Believe; J. E. R. Staddon; The New Behaviorism; Psychology Press; 2014; ISBN-13: 978-1848726888; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
| Item ID: | 20880 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1007/s40732-015-0126-3 |
| Depositing User: | IR Editor |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Dec 2025 16:45 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Psychological record |
| Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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