Arabic Students' Understanding of Skinner's Radical Behaviorism

Abstract

Many American investigations have demonstrated that Skinner's radical behaviorism is misunderstood at home; the present work indicated it is misunderstood abroad as well. 157 third- and fourth-year undergraduate students in psychology at the University of Jordan completed a 32-item questionnaire requiring yes/no answers developed to measure knowledge of Skinner's radical behaviorism. Results showed that many of its basic concepts and assumptions were misunderstood by these students.