%0 Journal Article %T Deixando o preconceito de lado e entendendo o Behaviorismo Radical Putting prejudice aside and understanding the radical behaviorism %A Rodrigo Pinto Guimar£¿es %J Psicologia: Ci¨ºncia e Profiss£¿o %D 2003 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/s1414-98932003000300009 %X O Behaviorismo Radical de Skinner ¨¦ muitas vezes criticado de forma indevida e at¨¦ preconceituosa. Muitas destas cr¨ªticas, na verdade, s o cr¨ªticas da psicologia de Watson e n o do Behaviorismo Radical. O entendimento das diferen as entre os modos idealista e materialista de pensar ajuda a esclarecer a maneira de estudar e compreender o comportamento para o Behaviorismo Radical, bem como a sua posi o anti-mentalista. O estudo da hist¨®ria da evolu o do Behaviorismo ¨¦ necess¨¢rio para possibilitar o entendimento das diferen as entre o Behaviorismo Metodol¨®gico de Watson e o Behaviorismo Radical de Skinner, bem como das suas respectivas contribui es para a psicologia. Skinner's Radical Behaviorism is many times, criticized in an inappropriate and prejudiced way. Actually, many of this critics fit Watson's Psychology, not Radical Behaviorism. Understanding the differences between the idealist and the materialist way of thinking help to clear the way of studying and comprehending the behavior for Radical Behaviorism, as well as its not mentalist position. The study of the historical evolution of Behaviorism is necessary in order to understand the differences between Methodological and Radical Behaviorism as well as their contributions to Psychology. %K Behaviorismo metodol¨®gico %K Behaviorismo radical %K Diferen as %K Methodological behaviorism %K Radical behaviorism %K Differences %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-98932003000300009