The Leipzig Connection...

Note that Behaviorism is derived from the Positivistic point of view.

The Leipzig Connection - The history of modern psychology beginning with Wilhelm Wundt in Germany. Wundt's theories change the view of Man as possessing a "mind" or "soul" to one of Man seen as an animal, subject only to stimulus-response factors. Since then modern psychology has more and more aligned with the behaviorist view of Man as a beast to be controlled by placing him in suitable controlled environments.

Behaviorism - The notion that Man is an animal to be controlled through environmental forces and manipulated experience had its beginning in the late 1800s with the German experimental psychology of Wilhelm Wundt. These ideas were continued with the studies of F. Lee Thorndike and John Dewey. The approach of behaviorism explains how the mind of Man was forsaken, and has much to do with the disregard of modern educational theories for the intellect, cognitive skills, responsibility and morality.

-Gene Zimmer
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