The Divergent Paths of Behavior Analysis and Psychology: Vive la Diff茅rence!

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• 作者：Bruce A. Thyer
• 关键词：Behavior analysis ; X ; Club ; Secret Ring ; Independent profession
• 刊名：The Behavior Analyst
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：May 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：38
• 期：1
• 页码：137-141
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• 作者单位：Bruce A. Thyer (1)
  
  1. College of Social Work, Florida State University, 296 Champions Way, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
  
• 刊物类别：Psychology, general;
• 刊物主题：Psychology, general;
• 出版者：Springer International Publishing
• ISSN：2196-8918

文摘

Twenty years ago I suggested that behavior analysts could effect a quiet and covert takeover of the American Psychological Association (APA). I gave as precedents the operation of similar initiatives in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Darwinian-inspired X-Club, and the psychoanalytically-oriented Secret Ring. Though a conscientious program of working within established APA bylaws and rules, behavior analysts could ensure that behavior analysts were nominated for every significant elective position within the APA, and move to get their colleagues placed in appointive positions, such as journal editorships, review boards, and major committees. This would be one approach to remake psychology along behavioral lines, which was an early ambition of B. F. Skinner. The community of behavior analysts ignored my suggestion, and instead pursued the path of creating an independent discipline of practitioners, one with its own degree-granting programs, conventions, journals, and legal regulation. This effort has been immensely successful, although much critical work remains to be done. In retrospect, I was wrong to suggest changing psychology from within, and I have been delighted to witness the emergence of our new and independent field. Keywords Behavior analysis X-Club Secret Ring Independent profession