Principles of Behavior: United States Edition - Brossura

Malott, Richard W.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 013243363X ISBN 13: 9780132433631

Casa editrice: Taylor & Francis, 2007

Riassunto

This book offers a solid introduction to the principles of behavior using a clear, interesting, entertaining style with many case studies, and everyday examples. It maintains a high level of intellectual rigor, addressing fundamental concepts at the beginning of each chapter with more advanced topics left for one of the two enrichment sections within each chapter. Chapter topics cover the reinforcer, reinforcement, escape, punishment, penalty, extinction and recovery, differential reinforcement and punishment, shaping, unlearned reinforcers and aversive conditions, special establishing operations, learned reinforcers and aversive conditions, discrimination, imitation, avoidance, punishment by prevention, ratio schedules, time-dependent schedules, concurrent contingencies, stimulus-response chains and rate contingencies, respondent conditioning, analogs to reinforcement, a theory of rule-governed behavior, pay for performance, moral and legal control, maintenance, transfer, and research methods. For psychologists, clinical psychologists, and social workers who do not specialize in behavioral analysis; as well as for supervisors and managers.

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Book by Malott PhD Richard W Trojan Elizabeth A

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Taylor & Francis
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 013243363X
• ISBN 13: 9780132433631
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 6
• Numero di pagine: 481
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile