2009, Number 2
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Rev Mex Invest Psic 2009; 1 (2)
Critical demolition of the Babel Tower of psychology
Hernández-Pozo MR
Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 25-27
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ABSTRACT
Emilio Ribes’s essay on “Psychology as a basic science” is
discussed in terms of three central propositions, around
the critical analysis of the existence of a discipline with a
single objective, methodology and application. The paper
proposes a collective exercise of the critical use of the language
and to avoid at all cost committing categorical mistakes.
Based on other contributions on behavior analysis
(Harzem, 2002, 2004, 2005; Mechner, 2008), an example of
the adoption of the authors’ proposal is offered.
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Mechner, F. (2008). Behavioral contingency analysis. Behavioral Processes, 78, 124-144.
Harzem, P. (2002). Searching for a future for behaviorism: A review of the new behaviorism by John Staddon. Behavior & Philosophy, 30, 61-72.
Harzem, P. (2004). Behaviorism for new psychology: What was wrong with behaviorism and what is wrong with it now. Behavior & Philosophy, 32, 5-12.
Harzem, P. (2005). On the incongruence of theory and practice in behavior research: What can and should be done about it. Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis, 31(1), 85-95.
Ribes, E. (2009). La psicología como ciencia básica. ¿Cuál es su universo de investigación? Revista Mexicana de Investigación en Psicología, 1(2), 7-19.
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