A cell membrane is a thin layer that acts as a barrier that separates an individual cell or a cellular compartment from other surrounding structures. This dynamic layer plays an essential part in the...
For other uses of the word, see discursive. Discursive Psychology (DP) is a form of discourse analysis that focuses on psychological themes in talk, text and images.
Skinner charges that since mental activity is a form of behavior (albeit inner), the only non-regressive, non-circular way to explain behavior is to appeal to something non-behavioral. This non-behavioral something is environmental stimuli and an organism's interactions with, and reinforcement from, the environment.So, the third reason for behaviorism's appeal is that it tries to avoid circular, regressive explanations of behavior. reserve the term âradicalâ for the psychological behaviorism of B. F. Skinner. Skinner employs the expression âradical behaviorismâ to describe his brand of behaviorism or his philosophy of behaviorism (see Skinner 1974, p. 18).