Science and human behavior / by B. F. Skinner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederic), 1904-1990, author.

Contributor:

Macmillan Company, publisher.

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Free Press paperback

A Free Press paperback

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Behaviorism (Psychology).

Behavior.

Human behavior.

Medical Subjects:

Behavior.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B., (former owner) (autograph) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

x, 461 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm.

8vo.

Place of Publication:

New York : Macmillan Company, [1953]

Summary:

A detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled.

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.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

Kislak Adams copy is ninth printing, 1963. Hardcover.

ISBN:

0029290406

9780029290408

OCLC:

191686