The other current explanatory theory flourishes with greater prestige and presumably in more robust health. This is the physiological theory of behavior. The inner man is given neurological properties, with a great gain in scientific respectability. Psychiatry becomes neuropsychiatry, and psychology the study of the nervous system. It is difficult to attack this theory without seeming to criticize the physiological psychologist, but no criticism is involved. (p. 349)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 23: Current Trends in Experimental Psychology. Quote 13
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