Using Watson's Arguments in the Original Source Material from Psychology

question 27

Essay

Using Watson's arguments in the Original Source Material from Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It,describe why he thought that psychology had failed to become a natural science and what it needed to do to become one.​

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Definitions:

Hair Receptors

Sensory nerve endings around hair follicles that allow the detection of light touch or fine movements over the skin.

Hearing And Balance

Sensory functions managed by the inner ear, where hearing involves the detection of sound waves and balance is maintained through the vestibular system.

Touch

The sense through which we perceive pressure, texture, and temperature, primarily using our skin.

Sodium-Potassium Pump

A cellular membrane protein that moves sodium out of and potassium into a cell against their concentration gradients, vital for maintaining cellular homeostasis.