John B. Watson's Methodological Behaviorism EXPLAINED

John B. Watson’s “Methodological behaviorism” is “a philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot be publicly observed as outside the realm of science.”
Cooper, Heron & Heward (2007)

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[nissabellevidal]

Totally agree! From my own experience my masters program didn't give much insight into processes for measuring or analyzing private events. We also only briefly discussed types of behaviorism and focused heavily on radical. Loving these quick breakdowns

[ErinBoburchock-geux]

I'm currently working with MH clients in a PHP environment. I am working toward becoming a BCBA. I love these videos!! I'm so glad I came across them. I am starting my last five ABA graduate courses this August and will be transitioning into a BSL position in the fall. I will definitely be watching all of these videos on a regular basis!! Thank you for making these videos

[Eddiea]

That line at the end about institutions preaching about radical behaviorism but creating methodological behaviorist instead was great. I feel I've observed the same over the past few years in the field.

[nia-nvtf]

thank you for this! This is helping me understand this concept for class

[usbsol]

Can you point to information about measuring covert behaviour? Thanks. 😊