@article{1479932,
      recid = {1479932},
      author = {Mills, John A., },
      title = {Control : A History of Behavioral Psychology /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {Behaviorism has been the dominant force in the creation of  modern American psychology. However, the unquestioned and  unquestioning nature of this dominance has obfuscated the  complexity of behaviorism. Control serves as an antidote to  this historical myopia, providing the most comprehensive  history of behaviorism yet written. Mills successfully  balances the investigation of individual theorists and  their contributions with analysis of the structures of  assumption which underlie all behaviorist psychology, and  with behaviorism's role as both creator and creature of  larger American intellectual patterns, practices, and  values. Furthermore, Mills provides a cogent critique of  behaviorists' narrow attitudes toward human motivation,  exploring how their positivism cripples their ability to  account for the unobservable, inner factors that control  behavior. Control's blend of history and criticism advances  our understanding not only of behaviorism, but also the  development of social science and positivism in  twentieth-century America.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1479932},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814759967.001.0001},
}