Re: Bareknuckles Behaviorism

From: Eray Ozkural exa (examachine_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: 27 Oct 2004 09:18:40 -0700

"zerkanX" <zerkanX@nospam.net> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.10.27.09.21.17.665263@nospam.net>...
> The finish line for me was when I was involved in a workshop put on by the
> business college at a liberal arts (!) university for local ad executives. It
> was run by a behavioral psychologist. The techniques he introduced for
> behavioral conditioning/manipulation inside of a sales situation were as mind
> bending as they were repulsive. Here I saw not an 'intellectual superstructure
> built on sand' but a intellectual substructure upon which to build extremely
> self-serving power and control.

Another reason why behaviorism has fallen out of favor. It has shades
of totalitarianism.

Cheers, 

--
Eray