If men were the automatons that behaviorists claim they are, the behaviorist psychologists could not have invented the amazing nonsense called 'behaviorist psychology.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The existence of behaviorist psychology contradicts the claim that humans are purely mechanistic.
- In plain terms
- Humans are not robots since they created behaviorist theory.
- What can you take from it?
- Humans have free will beyond mechanical behavior.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are humans truly free?
- What limits behaviorist theory?
Another view
Behaviorism explains many observable actions.
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