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acidlich.bsky.social
Some of us barely survived behaviorism, so some us come by our deep distrust of it naturally
September 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
aelkus.bsky.social
psycho-analysis has gotten revenge over behaviorism. it is now an empirical science that makes accurate predictions
sky.skymarchini.net Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · Apr 4
“All the badly behaving children in Asia and elsewhere are coming home to papa. They’re all on the phone begging for mercy.”
April 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
aelkus.bsky.social
the body is this strange complicated machine and even identical organisms can diverge very sharply based on their life histories and environments

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The New Behaviorism: Foundations of Behavioral Science
This ground-breaking book presents a brief history of behaviorism, along with a critical analysis of radical behaviorism, its philosophy and its applications to social issues. This third edition is m...
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September 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
djinnandtonic.bsky.social
crude, naive behaviorism. BF Skinner's nightmare
January 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
mumbly-joe.bsky.social
title made me think this would be hotter but it's just behaviorism
April 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
acidlich.bsky.social
Last night was a uncontrallable sobbing one again but yeah some subset of the population is against behaviorism for reasons
September 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
stimpunks.org
"Behaviorism is a dehumanizing mechanism of learning...It is not only harmful to how we learn, but is also oppressive, ableist & racist." @humrespro.bsky.social
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Behaviorism
Behaviorism is a dehumanizing mechanism of learning that reduces human beings to simple inputs and outputs. There is an ever-growing body of research suggesting that behaviorism is not only harmful to...
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November 15, 2024 at 8:46 AM
mardiroos.bsky.social
Feels somewhat appropriate that the arguments of AI aficionados pushing that LLMs are "conscious"/"thinking"/"understanding" are themselves slop-like: a total collapse of distinction, particularity into poor analogies, vulgar behaviorism, rhetorical sludge.
September 21, 2026 at 4:04 PM
autisticrealms.bsky.social
Instead of PBS and other behaviourist approaches, here are some real neurodiversity affirming alternatives from @stimpunks.org

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Behaviorism
Learn why behaviorism is considered ableist. Explore a brief yet extensively sourced behaviorism "Why Sheet" to understand its impact.
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February 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Learn why behaviorism, particularly ABA, is considered ableist. Explore this concise yet extensively sourced behaviorism "Why Sheet" to understand its impact.

No one should be funding ABA.

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December 14, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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Co-signed.

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March 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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October 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
sxg.bsky.social
Amber vs Behaviorism
July 14, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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“Behaviorism is a dehumanizing mechanism of learning that reduces human beings to simple inputs and outputs.”

Our epic and exhaustive behaviorism page explains in highly-sourced depth why behaviorism is ableist and fundamentally misguided.
Behaviorism
Behaviorism is a dehumanizing mechanism of learning that reduces human beings to simple inputs and outputs. There is an ever-growing body of research suggesting that behaviorism is not only harmful…
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September 2, 2024 at 7:31 PM
kalimurray.bsky.social
And when I say we are in a quiet constitutional crisis, this is what I mean: Congress directs National Science Foundation to send funds for research ins social, behaviorism and economic sciences; the Agency refuses to release at all, and then recommends eliminating the division.
dangaristo.bsky.social Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Aug 20
Finally, this has gone a bit under the radar, so I want to highlight it: The social, behavioral and economic sciences directorate (SBE) has simply ceased to deliver grants to many of its subareas. Any topic not specifically OK'd by the Trump administration is receiving zero new awards.
All of the NSF’s directorates are awarding fewer new grants, but the hardest hit is the social, behavioural and economic sciences (SBE) directorate, which the White House proposed eliminating in its 2027 budget request to Congress. SBE has so far awarded 84 new grants this year, about 11% of its average, mainly in areas of artificial intelligence, cognitive neuroscience and decision-making. Much of its portfolio, such as sociology, archaeology, political science, economics and geography, has received zero new awards. “I don’t think they’ve realized yet that there’s no awards,” one NSF staff member says of researchers in those fields. “That’s going to be clear soon.”
August 23, 2026 at 1:23 PM
lunarbandanas.bsky.social
Is behavioral economics more related to behaviorism or behavioral psychology?

Or a bit of both?
September 23, 2026 at 1:47 PM
gregoryaight.bsky.social
Interestingly enough, B.F. Skinner and radical behaviorism (this includes O. Ivar Lovaas as his Applied Behavior Analysis) *did* believe this and it's foundational to radical behaviorism, which has dominated everything here in the U.S. for about a century.
orinoxide.bsky.social Orin 🚀🦏 @orinoxide.bsky.social · Feb 12
Do the people who claim genAI is alive also view humans as mere dialogue units that spit out similarly vacuous text in response to prompts? What kind of P-zombies are they hanging out with? Do they even have a theory of mind?
February 14, 2026 at 12:36 PM
stepalminteri.bsky.social
Another first edition came to Daddy <3
Watson's "Behaviorism" (1924)
February 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
besttrousers.bsky.social
This doesn't imply anything about behaviorism?
September 21, 2026 at 11:01 PM
noamchompers.bsky.social
disgusting: mark zuckerberg endorses crass behaviorism
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Sep 15
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told analysts that people without smart glasses may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use the tech: https://cnn.it/47L2Y5a
September 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
stimpunks.org
Learn why behaviorism, particularly ABA, is considered ableist. Explore this concise yet extensively sourced behaviorism "Why Sheet" to understand its impact.

No one should be funding ABA.

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Behaviorism
Learn why behaviorism is considered ableist. Explore a brief yet extensively sourced behaviorism "Why Sheet" to understand its impact.
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December 14, 2024 at 4:30 PM
hipcrimevocab.net
This hits the nail on the head. It’s about behaviorism or functionalism in epistemology and the theory of the mind.
April 21, 2026 at 4:30 AM
autisticrealms.bsky.social
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Behaviorism
Learn why behaviorism is considered ableist. Explore a brief yet extensively sourced behaviorism "Why Sheet" to understand its impact.
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May 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
publicsexforest.golf
Thank you for purchasing The Brainwashing Book: Hypnotic Behaviorism and Beyond by sleepingirl.
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
carltonfong.bsky.social
Co-authored with @drmuenks.bsky.social, our @insidehighered.com piece "Beyond Behaviorism: Why Motivation Matters" is out!

We reject behaviorist principles and argue that understanding the science behind motivation is crucial for supporting student learning.

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Beyond Behaviorism: Why Student Motivation Matters (opinion)
Understanding the science behind motivation is crucial for supporting student learning, Katie Muenks and Carlton Fong write.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM