The Battle of Behaviorism: An Exposition and an Exposure

Abstract

Introduction. When I innocently committed myself to meet Professor MacDougall in debate, I understood that all that was required of me was to give a brief account of the new Behavioristic movement in psychology now rapidly forging to the front. Had I known that my presentation was expected to take the present form I fear timidity would have overcome me. Professor MacDougall's forensic ability is too well. known, and my own shortcomings in that direction are too well known, for me knowingly to offer him combat. So I think the only self-protective plan is to disregard all controversial developments and attempt to give here a brief resume of Behaviorism -the modern note in psychology [p. 8] -and to tell why it will work and why it will work and why the current introspective psychology of Professor MacDougall will not work.

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