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This paper addresses George Herbert Mead's behaviorism on the basis of Gary A. Cook's George Herbert Mead: The Making of a Social Pragmatist. It links the functionalism of his early social social psychology to the behaviorism of his later social psychology, differentiates his behaviorism from that of John Watson, and points out the influence of John Dewey on both his functionalism and his behaviorism.
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Parkovnick, S. The Behaviorism of George Herbert Mead. Am Soc 46, 288–293 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12108-015-9256-y
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