Science and human behavior.
SKINNER Burrhus Frederic 1904-1990.
Science and human behavior. F. B. Skinner - New York, Macmillan 1953 - 461 p. - A Free Press paperback .
Includes an index
Section 1: The possibility of a science of human behavior. Can science help? ; A science of behavior ; Why organisms behave -- Section 2: The analysis of behavior. Reflexes and conditioned reflexes ; Operant behavior ; Shaping and maintaining operant behavior ; Operant discrimination ; The controlling environment ; Deprivation and sanitation ; Emotion ; Aversion, avoidance, anxiety ; Punishment ; Function versus aspect ; The analysis of complex cases -- Section 3: The individual as a whole. "Self-control" ; Thinking ; Private events in a natural science ; The self -- Section 4: The behavior of people in groups. Social behavior ; Personal control ; Group control -- Section 5: Controlling agencies. Government and law ; Religion ; Psychotherapy ; Economic control ; Education -- Section 6: The control of human behavior. Culture and control ; Designing a culture ; The problem of control.
A detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled.
0029290406 9780029290408
Behaviorism (Psychology)
Behavior.
Psychology
Science and human behavior. F. B. Skinner - New York, Macmillan 1953 - 461 p. - A Free Press paperback .
Includes an index
Section 1: The possibility of a science of human behavior. Can science help? ; A science of behavior ; Why organisms behave -- Section 2: The analysis of behavior. Reflexes and conditioned reflexes ; Operant behavior ; Shaping and maintaining operant behavior ; Operant discrimination ; The controlling environment ; Deprivation and sanitation ; Emotion ; Aversion, avoidance, anxiety ; Punishment ; Function versus aspect ; The analysis of complex cases -- Section 3: The individual as a whole. "Self-control" ; Thinking ; Private events in a natural science ; The self -- Section 4: The behavior of people in groups. Social behavior ; Personal control ; Group control -- Section 5: Controlling agencies. Government and law ; Religion ; Psychotherapy ; Economic control ; Education -- Section 6: The control of human behavior. Culture and control ; Designing a culture ; The problem of control.
A detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled.
0029290406 9780029290408
Behaviorism (Psychology)
Behavior.
Psychology