Understanding Behaviorism: Behavior, Culture, and Evolution

Baum, William M.

ISBN 10: 140511262X / ISBN 13: 9781405112628

Editore: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

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Titolo: Understanding Behaviorism: Behavior, Culture...

Casa editrice: Wiley-Blackwell

Data di pubblicazione: 2004

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Good

Edizione: seconda edizione

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Riassunto:

Understanding Behaviorism explains the basis of behavior analysis and its application to human problems in a scholarly but accessible manner.

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• Only book available that both explains behavior analysis and deals with philosophical and practical problems.
  
• Makes behaviorism accessible and explains the basis of behavior analysis and its application to human problems.
  
• Treats the ancient concepts of purpose, knowledge, language, and thought as well as modern social problems like freedom, responsibility, government, and culture.
  
• Offers practical approaches to improving the lives of all humankind.
  
• Includes suggestions for further reading.

Informazioni sull?autore:

William M. Baum is Professor Emeritus at the University of New Hampshire and has appointments at the University of California, Davis and at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is an associate editor of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and President of the Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior.