It is possible that theories of behavior derived from the clinic or from field studies, rather than from the laboratory, are on the wane. A strict Freudian psychology, for example, is no longer stoutly defended. Certain general points have been made—in some sense we are all Freudians—but the facts and principles which have been salvaged can be stated in relatively non-technical language. (pp. 361-362)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 24: The Flight from the Laboratory. Quote 5
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