B. F. Skinner's Radical Behaviorism: Historical Misconstructions and Grounds for Feminist Reconstructions
@article{Ruiz1995BFS, title={B. F. Skinner's Radical Behaviorism: Historical Misconstructions and Grounds for Feminist Reconstructions}, author={Maria R. Ruiz}, journal={Behavior and Social Issues}, year={1995}, volume={5}, pages={29-44} }
Feminist critiques of traditional psychological approaches have generated thorough feminist revisions most notably in psychoanalytic and developmental theory. Although behaviorism has attracted strong objections from feminist critics, claims of its antithetical positioning vis-A¥-vis feminist theory construction have practically remained unchallenged. A preliminary step in formulating grounds for a synthesis is to clarify the multiple meanings of behaviorism. Specifically, the fusion of Watson…
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