Glen, Not clear why a behaviorist should stand up for this. Cruelty is cruelty from the point of view of any theory.
Behaviorists didn't invent reward and punishment -- nor it's abuses. But reading down, if these kids come to them in as bad shape as they appear to ... constant gruesome self manipulation, etc. ... I can imagine how therapists might get drawn into some pretty dark places. Behaviorism is (for me, anyway) a conversation about what makes sense to talk about, if you want to understand people. And its only ethical implication (for me) is that when people start claiming that they "Really Feel X -- No, REALLY!" when their behavior implies a belief in "Not-X" (Think Goldman Sachs), I move my wallet to an inside pocket. My only thought was that Mishkin's satire of aura's and spirit and all the other "crap" that "Storm" was shilling, really applies equally to "mind". Well, almost equally. Nick . Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([email protected]) http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe] > [Original Message] > From: glen e. p. ropella <[email protected]> > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Date: 5/4/2010 9:46:55 AM > Subject: [FRIAM] Behaviorism > > > I'd be grateful for a Behaviorist take on the following story: > > http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0504/rights-group-files-urgent-appeal-alleging-t orture-school-disabled/ > > particularly, the Center's response: > > http://www.judgerc.org/EmailToMinton.pdf > > -- > glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
