<P> Radical behaviorism , or the conceptual analysis of behavior , was pioneered by B.F. Skinner and is his `` philosophy of the science of behavior . '' It refers to the philosophy behind behavior analysis , and is to be distinguished from methodological behaviorism -- which has an intense emphasis on observable behaviors -- by its inclusion of thinking , feeling , and other private events in the analysis of human and animal psychology . The research in behavior analysis is called the experimental analysis of behavior and the application of this field is called applied behavior analysis ( ABA ) . </P>
<P> Radical behaviorism , or the conceptual analysis of behavior , was pioneered by B.F. Skinner and is his `` philosophy of the science of behavior . '' It refers to the philosophy behind behavior analysis , and is to be distinguished from methodological behaviorism -- which has an intense emphasis on observable behaviors -- by its inclusion of thinking , feeling , and other private events in the analysis of human and animal psychology . The research in behavior analysis is called the experimental analysis of behavior and the application of this field is called applied behavior analysis ( ABA ) . </P>
who proposed the extreme form of behaviorism known as radical behaviorism
who proposed the extreme form of behaviorism known as radical behaviorism
B.F. Skinner
B.F. Skinner