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(1987) Annals of theoretical psychology, Dordrecht, Springer.
It is argued that one type of activity that can help move psychology along the path toward unification is a comparative analysis of grand theories that have unification as a goal, an analysis focused on the theories' relative ability to provide unity within the science. This chapter is intended to serve as a model for such an analysis, comparing the two general behavioral theories of radical behaviorism and paradigmatic behaviorism on the substantive dimensions of fact, theory, and methodology. Several benefits of such a comparative analysis are noted, including, in the present case, further specification of how a science can progress toward unification through generational growth.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-6456-0_13
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Minke, K. A. (1987)., A comparative analysis of the general theories of modern behaviorism, in A. W. Staats & L. Mos (eds.), Annals of theoretical psychology, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 315-343.
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