About Teleological Behaviorism.

Howard Rachlin

Author Information

Howard Rachlin: Stony Brook University.

PMID: 28018032 DOI: 10.1007/BF03392307

Misconceptions abound about teleological behaviorism (TB). Because very few people other than the author publicly call themselves teleological behaviorists, the fault must be mine. The present article is an attempt to clear up those misconceptions. First I will try to indicate what teleological behaviorism is not. Then, in the form of six fables (loosely connected stories, allegories, analogies, fairy tales, and arguments), I will try to give the reader an understanding of what teleological behaviorism actually is.

S–O–R psychology behavioral evolution mentalism methodological behaviorism operationism teleological behaviorism

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Journal Article

Teleological behaviorism.Free will from the viewpoint of teleological behaviorism.Matching, behavioral economics, and teleological behaviorism: Final cause analysis of substance use and health behavior.The moral consequences of teleological beliefs about the human species.Teleological reasoning about nature: intentional design or relational perspectives?Function, goals and intention: children's teleological reasoning about objects.Philosophical behaviorism: a review of things that happen because they should: a teleological approach to action, by Rowland Stout.Aberrance in science: Should behavior analysts know about psychological behaviorism?[Behaviorism].Teleological generics.

Methodological Behaviorism: Historical Origins of a Problematic Concept (1923-1973).A Historical Perspective on the Future of Behavior Science.Behaviorisms and Private Events.Current Diversification of Behaviorism.Relations between Description and Experimentation in the Metacontingency Enterprise: An Interbehavioral Analysis.Relations between Verbal Self-Stimulation, Stimulus Modality, and Accuracy in an Operant Task.Single-Case Research Methods: History and Suitability for a Psychological Science in Need of Alternatives.

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