Operant conditioning and psychoanalysis: contrasts, similarities, and some thoughts about integration.
An operant conditioning orientation and a psychoanalytic one are compared, in terms of differences and likenesses, on a number of dimensions. A few ideas are offered as to why advocates of each approach have generated more heat than light in their discussions with one another; and thereby worked against mutual enrichment and integration of the two viewpoints.
D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003071:Cognition; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012056:Reinforcement, Social; D013475:Superego; D014705:Verbal Behavior