This is to address the possibility of psychology that exploring consciousness of individuals. Also, I would like to know whether behaviourism can be avoided/ buffered in research.
You ask a question that affects the interests of different scientific schools, whose leaders professionally deal with questions of consciousness, cognition, unconsciousness, thinking ... Here it is expedient for you to take into account the opinions of different scientists. And, at the same time, you need to form a solid own point of view.
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-psychology/chapter/introduction-to-the-field-of-psychology/
I like behaviorism but also psychodynamics, that has nothing to do with
overt behavior, but more so with unconscious behavior.
You could also have a look at cognitive philosophy, there are some interesting works like the Chinese room by John Searle.
In my opinion, behaviorism does not need to be avoided. It is a simple model might be adequate in some contexts. Also, I think that interpreting something, nowadays, with principles from behaviorism (with a modern view) does not suspend consciousness. It would just fail to take consciousness into account (this shortcoming is also a basic claim of behaviorism, think of the black box model).
Behaviorism, Psychoanalysis etc. all look at the same thing from different perspectives. They all fail to completely explain human behavior. Until this can be accomplished in any way, we just need to use what works best.
Kind regards
Patrick
Thanks for the answers. It is sure that I need to rephrase the question in simpler and clearer terms.
Dear Patrick,
"Behaviorism, Psychoanalysis etc. all look at the same thing from different perspective" not at all true!
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