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    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


    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

    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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