Behaviorism and Control in the History of Economics and Psychology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4927486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | José Edwards (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | suppl_1 |
| Pages | 170-197 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2702 • E-ISSN: 1527-1919 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00182702-3619262 |
| OpenAlex | W2560184128 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 69 |
There is a misunderstanding about the meaning of behaviorism in recent discussions on the history of economics and psychology. This essay explores that "behaviorist myth" by highlighting the role of "control" as defined by behaviorists and contrasting their views against those of economists. It then uses "control as a viewpoint" from which to study the history of the two disciplines. It reveals why behaviorism did not meet consumer demand theory during the "ordinalist / revealed preferences revolution" of the 1930s (i.e., the behaviorist myth), despite common methodological references to Percy Bridgman's operationalism. Applying this new viewpoint, this essay also joins the general topic of this volume by exploring early American institutionalism and recent behavioral economics as specific instances in which psychology and economics meet (or do not
Applied economics · Asian psychology · Behavioral economics · Behaviorism · Economics · Epistemology · Meaning (existential · Mythology · Popular psychology · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Theoretical psychology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · American History and Culture · Economic Theory and Institutions · Philosophy · Psychology
The principles of psychology.
The Romance of American Psychology
An introduction to social psychology.
Modeling Rational Agents
Reflection without Rules
Psychology as the behaviorist views it.
Beyond Freedom and Dignity
The Origins of Happiness
Libertarian Paternalism
Does `Consciousness' Exist?
Of Immortal Mythological Beasts
The Reluctant Economist
The Averaged American
Darwinian theory, functionalism, and the first American psychological revolution
Radical behaviorism and psychology's public
Engineering Behavior
E. G. Boring's Philosophy of Science
The minister looks at mental retardation
Some issues concerning the control of human behavior
Realism and Relevance in the Theory of Demand
Operational Propositions in Economic Theory
The Limitations of Marginal Utility
The Rationality of Economic Activity
The Rationality of Economic Activity
Economics and Modern Psycholoy
Control
Consumption Theory in Terms of Revealed Preference
Behaviour and the Concept of Preference
A Note on the Pure Theory of Consumer's Behaviour
The Road not Taken
The Backward Art of Spending Money
Academic Politics in the History of Science
The Foundations of Positive and Normative Economics
B. F. Skinner's technology of behavior in American life
Operationism in psychology
British Responses to Psycho-Physiology, 1860-1900
The principles of psychology
Operationism in psychology
The social control of behavior control
Behavioral Economics
Economic Methodology in a Nutshell
The Beginning and Growth of Measurement in Psychology
The Reluctant Economist. Perspectives on Economics, Economic History and Demography
Psychology and Evolutionary Naturalism in American Thought, 1890-1940
Social Problems
The Instinct of Workmanship and the Irksomeness of Labor
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |