ABSTRACT
The experimenters here were John B. Watson and one of his students. Now, much attention has regarding behaviorism has been given to B. F. Skinner, who rightly deserves it. In his ceaseless promotion and universalist expansion of the behaviorist paradigm to all domains of psychology as well as sociology, politics, education, and clinical practice, Skinner was the greatest advocate on behalf of behaviorism. But, with regard to the clinic and the practice of therapy, Watson had modest impact and Skinner’s impact was mostly felt in the practice of behavioral modification in educational or institutional settings. The interesting thing is that many in American academic psychology will in fact claim that behaviorism is dead, and that academic psychology has rejected the fundamental behaviorist premise that all behavior is a function of learning, claiming that they are beyond that. There is cognitive psychotherapy, certainly at first glance a truly different theory and practice.
