They Should Have Thought About the Consequences: The Crisis of Cognitivism and a Second Chance for Behavior Analysis. Geir Overskeid

Cognitivism has dominated mainstream psychology for decades, but lately its
position has been weakened. It has been criticized not only by behavior analysts
but also by social and evolutionary psychologists, neuroscientists, and authors
who are or used to be cognitivists themselves. At the same time, psychologists
and neuroscientists in several fields are now rediscovering the necessity of understanding
behavior in light of its functional relations. Hence a need for relevant
knowledge is felt. Cognitive psychology has little to offer in this regard.
Behavior analysis, on the other hand, possesses a wealth of relevant facts and
theory. Though chances seem slight that mainstream psychology will return
to behaviorism, a window of opportunity now exists for the reintegration of
behavior-analytic research into the mainstream.