RT Article T1 A transpersonal critique of behaviorism JF Journal of religion and health VO 21 IS 1 SP 8 OP 20 A1 Thornton, Edward E. LA English YR 1982 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1669166325 AB Behavioral psychology has been neglected by pastoral psychologists to the hurt of both. An examination of the principles of behaviorism and some of the data on the behavioral treatment of the neuroses is followed by an analysis of B.F. Skinner's philosophy of science. A critique is developed from the perspective of transpersonal psychology, concluding with a possible reconciliation of the opposites of behavioral and transpersonal ways of knowing. K1 Behavioral Psychology K1 Behavioral Treatment K1 Pastoral Psychologist K1 Transpersonal Psychology DO 10.1007/BF02273890