Summarize Skinner’s arguments against cognitive psychology.
Like Watson, Burrhus Frederic Skinner denied the existence of a separate entity of conscious events. He believed that mental events are considered as verbal tags that are specified to specific bodily processes. He suggested that there are also presence of some mental events that would be gained by studying the one’s own body mind and thoughts.
Skinner believed that a complete independent of experience of science would require lot of study of cognitive psychology that impales the behavior of people towards combustion of science in a more logistic manner. But he disagreed with the concept of cognitive psychology in a rational manner by saying that there is no exact place for a true originator for developing the fiction of science that adjusts with different subtypes of cognitive psychology.
Skinner was harassed with the problem of cognitive psychology that attacks his professional and personal life. He deeply regretted the increased popularity of cognitive psychology in day to day life in one’s own body mind and thoughts.