Editing Behaviorism (section)

===Theoretical behaviorism===
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Skinner's radical behaviorism has been highly successful experimentally, revealing new phenomena with new methods, but Skinner's dismissal of theory limited its development. [[Theoretical behaviorism]]<ref name="Staddon2014" /> recognized that a historical system, an organism, has a state as well as sensitivity to stimuli and the ability to emit responses.  Indeed, Skinner himself acknowledged the possibility of what he called "latent" responses in humans, even though he neglected to extend this idea to rats and pigeons.<ref>Staddon, J. Theoretical behaviorism. Philosophy and Behavior. (45) in press.</ref>  Latent responses constitute a repertoire, from which operant reinforcement can select.  Theoretical behaviorism links between the brain and the behavior that provides a real understanding of the behavior, rather than a mental presumption of how brain-behavior relates.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roback |first=A. A. |title=Behaviorism at twenty-five |date=1937 |publisher=Sci-Art Publishers |oclc=881361266}}</ref>  The theoretical concept of behaviorism are blended with knowledge of mental structure such as memory and expectancies associated with inflexable behaviorist stances that have traditionally forbidden the examination of the mental state.<ref>{{cite book |date=2016-12-30 |chapter=Behaviorism as Philosophy of Science |chapter-url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119143673.ch2 |title=Understanding Behaviorism |pages=19–32 |doi=10.1002/9781119143673.ch2 |isbn=9781119143642}}</ref> Because of its flexibility, theoretical behaviorism permits the cognitive process to have an impact on behavior.