Editing Radical behaviorism (section)

{{Short description|Term pioneered by B.F. Skinner}}
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'''Radical behaviorism''' is a "philosophy of the science of behavior" developed by [[B. F. Skinner]].<ref>Schneider, Susan M., and Morris, Edward K. (1987). [http://numerons.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/01-a-history-of-the-term-radical-behaviorism.pdf "A History of the Term ''Radical Behaviorism'': From Watson to Skinner"]. ''The Behavior Analyst,'' 10(1), p. 36.</ref> It refers to the philosophy behind [[Behaviorism|behavior analysis]], and is to be distinguished from [[methodological behaviorism]]&mdash;which has an intense emphasis on observable behaviors&mdash;by its inclusion of thinking, feeling, and other private events in the analysis of human and animal psychology.<ref>Chiesa, Mecca (1974). ''Radical Behaviorism: The Philosophy and the Science.'' Reprinted by Authors Cooperative (1994): Boston, Massachusetts. {{ISBN|0962331147}}, {{ISBN|978-0962331145}}.</ref> The research in behavior analysis is called the [[experimental analysis of behavior]] and the application of the field is called [[applied behavior analysis]] (ABA),<ref>Staats, Finley, Minke, Wolf, 1964, "Reinforcement variables and the control of reading responses"</ref><ref>Staats and Butterfield, 1965, "Treatment of non-reading in a culturally-deprived juvenile delinquent: an application of reinforcement principles"</ref> which was originally termed "[[behavior modification]]."<ref>Krasner and Ullmann, 1965, "Research in behavior modification"</ref>