Eshleman J W, Vargas E A
Anal Verbal Behav. 1988;6:23-32. doi: 10.1007/BF03392826.
An important contribution of radical behavioral science is its analysis of verbal behavior. Slowly but surely an increasing number of efforts verify the propositions explicit or inherent in Skinner's theory of verbal behavior, or apply his analysis to clinical or educational practice. But both the theory and the effort to apply it are met with silence. Such silent neglect simply varies the calumnious attention usually given to behavioristic science. In recent years several papers have called attention to how non-behaviorists have habitually misrepresented the science of behavior and its underlying philosophy of radical behaviorism (Cooke, 1984; DellaLana, 1982; Morris, 1985; Todd, 1987a; Todd & Morris, 1981; Todd & Morris, 1983). These authors offer various solutions. Their preferred strategy stresses an increased effort to disseminate accurate information about behavioristic science to the press and to the world at large. They generally address, however, errors of commission, not omission. Further, their solutions tend to dwell on "processes" instead of "products." This paper first reviews the problem of misrepresentation of the science. It then addresses the principal error of omission in the psychological literature, and offers a solution based on achieving new products resulting from new verbal behavior technology.
激进行为科学的一项重要贡献在于其对言语行为的分析。虽然进展缓慢，但越来越多的研究正在验证斯金纳言语行为理论中明确或隐含的命题，或将其分析应用于临床或教育实践。然而，无论是该理论本身还是应用它的努力都遭到了冷遇。这种沉默的忽视只是改变了通常针对行为科学的恶意关注。近年来，几篇论文提醒人们注意非行为主义者是如何习惯性地歪曲行为科学及其激进行为主义的基本哲学（库克，1984年；德拉拉纳，1982年；莫里斯，1985年；托德，1987a；托德和莫里斯，1981年；托德和莫里斯，1983年）。这些作者提出了各种解决方案。他们首选的策略强调加大力度向媒体和广大公众传播关于行为科学的准确信息。然而，他们通常关注的是错误的行为，而非遗漏的错误。此外，他们的解决方案往往侧重于“过程”而非“成果”。本文首先回顾了对行为科学的错误表述问题。然后探讨了心理学文献中主要的遗漏错误，并基于通过新的言语行为技术获得新成果提出了一种解决方案。
