THE BEHAVIORISTIC ASPECT OF PSYCHODRAMA

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  • ISRAEL ELI STURM Author

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PSYCHODRAMA

Abstract

In a surprising aside that provides a matrix for this paper, J. L. Moreno noted that "a constructive rapprochement is possible between psychodramatic techniques and some of the current therapeutic philosophies, not only with psychoanalytic theory but also with Pavlovian conditioned reflex principles."2 There have been other forebodings of this position, little noticed: "A sociometric test is first of all an action and behaviour test of individuals in a group," says Moreno in Sociometry in Action.3 The reader is also referred to Moreno's The Spontaneity Theory of Learning

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2025-01-06

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Vol. 18 No. 1-2 (1965): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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