“There are... for us no instincts—we no longer need the term in psychology. Everything we have been in the habit of calling an 'instinct' today is a result largely of training—belonging to man's learned behavior.” MenNeedsHas BeensTodayTermResultsPsychologyHabitCallingBehaviorTrainingInstinctBelongingLearned Behavior Book:Behaviorism Source: Behaviorism
“Psychology, as the behaviorist views it, is a purely objective, experimental branch of natural science which needs introspection as little as do the sciences of chemistry and physics.... The position is taken here that the behavior of man and the behavior of animals must be considered in the same plane.” MenNeedsLittlesNaturalAnimalViewsTakenPsychologyPositionBehaviorPhysicsObjectivesPlanesBranchesChemistryIntrospectionNatural Science Author:John B. Watson