Resumen de Contemporaneità di Watson
- English
In this paper some aspects of Watson's contribution to psycholoy are described in an effort to show how the psychology became a scientific one mainly thanks to him. In addressing the issue of Watson's contemporaneity the author starts from the concept of behavior, that represents the original core of the S-R paradigm, and considers the various formulations of it. Among them, he reviews Skinner's position, which raises several problems because it does not address the issue of physiological bases of behavior, and the revised version of Watson's theory carried out by Woodworth, Kantor and Hull, which includes the mediation by central and peripherical nervous sytems. Finally the author analyses the implications for other fields, such as behavior therapy, psychiatry and medicine. The author emphasises the relations between psycholow and physiology in the interpretation of behavior. He discusses Watson's position with respect to the concept of structure and the modification of behavior, and shows its relevance to current issues in contemporary psycholoy.
- italiano
L'Autore esamina l'opera di Watson al fine di stabilire quanto di essa sia rimasto nella psicología contemporanea e per quali parti di essa Watson si possa dire contemporaneo degli autori moderni. Dopo avere rilevato la contemporaneità del concetto di comportamento, analizza il rapporto S-R nella successione delle diverse formulazioni postwatsonìane perconcludere che quella corrente, data dalla formula OS-RO, è ancora di stretto stampo watsoniano. Infina esamina le posizioni watsooiane sul concetto di struttura e sulle modìfìcazionì del comportamento per rilevare la persistente valìdità della psicologia contemporanea.
