The phrase "behavioral psychology" is an oxymoron in that the term "Psychology" uses the prefix "psyche", which is defined as "Self, Soul and MIND", which are all Esoteric dimensions of Man. The ancient Greeks who gave the world "Psychology" were Gnostics, and were familiar with Eastern mysticism, and the Esoteric dimensions of Man, and their offering of Psychology was a Western re-structuring of Eastern mysticism focused on the study of the MIND and Spiritual dimensions of Man.... from a Western mystical perspective.
B.F. Skinner was quite ignorant of the Esoteric dimensions of Man, and from his own words, as quoted by Richard Evans [B.F. Skinner: The Man and His Ideas, Dutton, 1968] it is apparent to a competent therapist that he was quite frightened of the Esoteric dimensions within himself. His offering of "behaviorism" was a projection of the primary defense mechanism of his own MIND. I speak of this in my book: Death of Psychology That Nobody Noticed, Publish America, 2007.
Open to discuss this of course.
Peace
B.F. Skinner was quite ignorant of the Esoteric dimensions of Man, and from his own words, as quoted by Richard Evans [B.F. Skinner: The Man and His Ideas, Dutton, 1968] it is apparent to a competent therapist that he was quite frightened of the Esoteric dimensions within himself. His offering of "behaviorism" was a projection of the primary defense mechanism of his own MIND. I speak of this in my book: Death of Psychology That Nobody Noticed, Publish America, 2007.
Open to discuss this of course.
Peace