Lessons from behaviorism: the problem of construct-led science

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Dickins, T. and Rahman, Q. 2022. Lessons from behaviorism: the problem of construct-led science. Behavioral and Brain Sciences: An International Journal of Current Research and Theory with Open Peer Commentary. 45. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X2100008X
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TitleLessons from behaviorism: the problem of construct-led science
AuthorsDickins, T. and Rahman, Q.
Abstract

Yarkoni makes a number of valid points in his critical analysis of psychology, but he misses an opportunity to expose the root of its problems. That root is the poor practice around the derivation of explanatory constructs. We make comment on this with an example from behaviorist history and relate this to the recent discussion of scientific understanding in the philosophy of science.

PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP)
JournalBehavioral and Brain Sciences: An International Journal of Current Research and Theory with Open Peer Commentary
ISSN0140-525X
Electronic1469-1825
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