The Selection of Behavior: The Operant Behaviorism of B. F. Skinner: Comments and Consequences - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0521348617 ISBN 13: 9780521348614

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1988

Riassunto

This 1988 book is a revealing historical record of the work of B. F. Skinner and its impact on psychology.

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Descrizione del libro

This 1988 book is a remarkably lucid and revealing historical record of the work of B. F. Skinner and its impact on psychology. Skinner's views on consciousness, language, problem solving, evolution, biology, brain function, computers, theory and explanation, presented in six seminal papers, are analyzed, criticized and explained.

Contenuti

Preface; List of contributors; Introduction: the operant behaviorism of B. F. Skinner A. Charles Catania; Part I. Canonical Papers of B. F. Skinner: 1. Selection by consequences; 2. Methods and theories in the experimental analysis of behavior; 3. The operational analysis of pyschological terms; 4. An operant analysis of problem solving; 5. Behaviorism at fifty; 6. The phylogeny and ontogeny of behavior; Part II. Summing Up: 7. What are the scope and limits of radical behaviorist theory Stevan Harnad; 8. Problems of selection and phylogeny, terms and methods of behaviorism A. Charles Catania; Appendix. Biographical sketch and bibliography of works by B. F. Skinner; Acknowledgments and notes; References; Name index; Subject index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521348617
• ISBN 13: 9780521348614
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 586
• Redattore: Catania A. Charles
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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