TY - BOOK AU - SKINNER Burrhus Frederic TI - Science and human behavior T2 - A Free Press paperback SN - 0029290406 PY - 1953/// CY - New York PB - Macmillan KW - Behaviorism (Psychology) KW - Behavior KW - Psychology N1 - 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 N2 - A detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled ER -