| Abstract: | A shift from mechanistic behaviorism to functional behaviorism is presented against the background of 2 historical traditions, one with an emphasis on form, the other with an emphasis on function. Skinner's work, which made more contributions to a functional behaviorism than to a mechanistic behaviorism, exemplifies this shift. The 2 traditions and an account of Skinner's development of functional relations are presented in order to show Skinner's contributions to aligning modern behavior analysis with the functional tradition. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
