IMPLIKASI TEORI FALSIFIKASI KARL POPPER DALAM PENDEKATAN PSIKOANALISIS DAN BEHAVIORISTIK

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine the psychoanalytic and behavioristic approaches collaborated through Karl Raimund Popper's principle of falsification. This article uses literature research, data collection methods through documentation, with analysis techniques using data reduction and conclusion drawing. The results and discussion show that the implications of falsification theory are actually based on the idea of cognitive processing used in the counselor approach. The application of falsification like this has an impact on the nature of the development of science. Every new science or theory will undergo hypothesis testing, and if it increasingly shows its flaws, it will be discarded and replaced with a new theory, as in psychoanalytic and behavioristic approaches. In the psychoanalytic approach, all human behavior stems from drives located deep within the unconscious. Humans have three personality structures: the id, the ego, and the superego. Individual behavior is also influenced by the environment. In this case, the behaviorist approach views behavior as easily changeable depending on the stimuli obtained from the surrounding environment and unrelated to consciousness or mental constructs. Rather than highlighting the emotional dynamics that are considered the main characteristics of Freudian behavior, behaviorists focus on specific behavioral goals, emphasizing precision and repetition. The core of this article is the principle of falsification in psychoanalytic theory, which emphasizes the analysis of a relatively stable and fixed human personality structure. This is then criticized by behaviorist theory, which emphasizes the theory of human behavioral change that rejects a relatively stable and fixed human psychological structure.