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Beyond the box : B.F. Skinnner's technology of behavior from laboratory to life, 1950s-1970s / Alexandra Rutherford.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rutherford, Alexandra, 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Behaviorism (Psychology).
- Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederic), 1904-1990.
- Skinner, B. F.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Beyond the Box is the first full-length study of the ways in which Skinner's ideas left the laboratory to become part of the post-war public's everyday lives, and chronicles both the enthusiasm and caution with which this process was received.
- Contents:
- Introduction: beyond the box
- A visible scientist: B.F. Skinner as public intellectual
- From pigeons to people: constructing the human Skinner box
- Conditioning a cure: behavior modification in the mental institution
- Crime and punishment: contingency management in the prison system
- How to really win friends and influence people: Skinnerian principles in self-help
- Living the dream: Walden Two and the laboratory of life
- Conclusion: from laboratory to life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-9250-2
- 1-4426-8745-2
- OCLC:
- 643009692
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