Probably the most explicit dismissal of the idea that mental processes control behavior was the radical behaviorism of Skinner.

This outlook was thought to be extreme or radical behaviorism.

A clearer position for radical behaviorism seems to be the movement known philosophically as American pragmatism.

Although private events are not publicly observable behaviors, radical behaviorism accepts that we are each observers of our own private behavior.

However, radical behaviorism stops short of identifying feelings as causes of behavior.

Finally, there are those who feel that it is simply another form of cognitive behaviorism, rather than radical behaviorism.

In the 1920s, however, psychology turned away from evolutionary theory and embraced radical behaviorism.

Few others envisage a direct path back into the external world in the form of action (radical behaviorism).

Operant conditioning, or radical behaviorism, reinforces this behavior with a reward or a punishment.

The assumption that important aspects of language are the product of universal innate ability runs counter to Skinner's radical behaviorism.