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- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Copyright
- Copyright ©
- ISSN
- 0033-295x
- eISSN
- 1939-1471
- DOI
- 10.1037/h0064206
- Publisher site
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Abstract
Discusses the conditioned reflex and the mechanistic point of view in psychology. The author of this article is responding to criticism of the conditioned reflex and feels that the criticisms are unfounded. He makes the point that no one has made the claim that anatomical features and reflex tendencies can be inherited. The author also feels that the position of some behaviorists in this regard should not be denounced on moral grounds. It is very well to insist on anthropomorphic and purposive interpretations, if one chooses to do so, but the author sees no justification for supposing that either mechanistic philosophy or behavioristic psychology depend upon conditioned reflexes; this is probably more than the conditioned reflexes could bear. A more desirable method of criticizing conditioned reflexes would be to consider the experimental evidence itself, and attempt to point out the fallacies therein.
Journal
Psychological Review – American Psychological Association
Published: May 1, 1924