Editing Radical behaviorism (section)

==Radical behaviorism as natural science==
Radical behaviorism inherits from [[behaviorism]] the position that the science of behavior is a natural science, a belief that animal behavior can be studied profitably and compared with human behavior, a strong emphasis on the environment as cause of behavior, and an emphasis on the operations involved in the modification of behavior. Radical behaviorism does not claim that organisms are ''[[tabula rasa]]'' whose behavior is unaffected by biological or genetic endowment.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Bryan O. Midgley |author2=Edward K. Morris|title=Nature and Nurture in Skinner's Behaviorism |url=http://www.journals.unam.mx/index.php/rmac/article/view/27095 |journal=Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis |date=February 15, 1998 |volume=24 |pages=111–126 |doi=10.5514/rmac.v1.i2.27095 |via=UNAM|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Rather, it asserts that experiential factors play a major role in determining the behavior of many complex organisms, and that the study of these matters is a major field of research in its own right.<ref>{{Cite book|author1=James M. Johnston |author2=H. S. Pennypacker |author3=Gina Green |title=Strategies and Tactics of Behavioral Research and Practice |publisher=Routledge |year=2019 |isbn=9781138641594}}</ref>