Science And Human Behavior

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Simon and Schuster, 1965 - 461 pagina's
The psychology classic—a detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled—from one of the most influential behaviorists of the twentieth century and the author of Walden Two.

“This is an important book, exceptionally well written, and logically consistent with the basic premise of the unitary nature of science. Many students of society and culture would take violent issue with most of the things that Skinner has to say, but even those who disagree most will find this a stimulating book.” —Samuel M. Strong, The American Journal of Sociology

“This is a remarkable book—remarkable in that it presents a strong, consistent, and all but exhaustive case for a natural science of human behavior…It ought to be…valuable for those whose preferences lie with, as well as those whose preferences stand against, a behavioristic approach to human activity.” —Harry Prosch, Ethics
 

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III
11
REFLEXES AND CONDITIONED REFLEXES
45
OPERANT BEHAVIOR
59
VI
70
SHAPING AND MAINTAINING
91
AVERSION AVOIDANCE ANXIETY
171
XII
182
XIII
194
THE INDIVIDUAL AS A WHOLE
225
THE SELF
262
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
297
GOVERNMENT AND LAW
333
CULTURE AND CONTROL
415
INDEX
451
257
458
Copyright

THE ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX CASES
204

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Over de auteur (1965)

B. F. Skinner, an American behavioral psychologist, is known for his many contributions to learning theory. His Behavior of Organisms (1938) reports his experiments with the study of reflexes. Walden Two (1949), a utopian novel, describes a planned community in which positive rather than negative reinforcers serve to maintain appropriate behavior; the novel stimulated the founding of some experimental communities. In Beyond Freedom and Dignity (1971), Skinner attempted to show that only what he called a technology of behavior could save democracy from the many individual and social problems that plague it. (An early example of this technology is the so-called Skinner box for conditioning a human child.) A teacher at Harvard University from 1948 until his retirement, Skinner was for some the model of the objective scientist, for others the epitome of the heartless behaviorist who would turn people into automatons.

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