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Science and human behavior. F. B. Skinner

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: New York, Macmillan 1953Description: 461 pISBN:
  • 0029290406
  • 9780029290408
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Science and human behavior.
Contents:
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.
Summary: A detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf BF121 SKI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 137379 Available BK116164
Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf BF121 SKI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 136308 Available BK114178

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.

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