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In answer to his question of why TEAB has not become psychology, Skinner (1987) asserts, “Perhaps answers can be found in looking at three formidable obstacles that have stood in the path of an experimental analysis of behavior” (p. 782). The obstacles to which Skinner refers are humanistic psychology, psychotherapy, and cognitive psychology. Through examining why Skinner perceives these alternative viewpoints as posing obstacles to the development of TEAB, further insight into the nature of TEAB is gained.
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Proctor, R.W., Weeks, D.J. (1990). The Three Obstacles. In: The Goal of B.F. Skinner and Behavior Analysis. Recent Research in Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3394-7_2
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