| Description |
348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Skinner and behaviorism as cultural icons : from local knowledge to reader reception / William R. Woodward -- B.F. Skinner and the American tradition : the scientist as social inventor / Daniel W. Bjork -- Knowledge as power : the Baconian roots of Skinner's social meliorism / Laurence D. Smith -- From Hamilton College to Walden two : an inquiry into B.F. Skinner's early social philosophy / Nils Wiklander -- Skinner's progress during the 1930s : reflexes, operants, and apparatuses / S.R. Coleman -- Engineering behavior : Project Pigeon, World War II, and the conditioning of B.F. Skinner / James H. Capshew -- Radical behaviorism : excerpts from a textbook treatment / Eckart Scheerer -- The personal culture of Yvonne Blue Skinner / Rhonda K. Bjork -- Freedom and the control of children : the Skinners' approach to parenting / Elizabeth A. Jordan -- Skinner at Harvard : intellectual or mandarin? / John J. Cerullo -- B.F. Skinner and the origins of programmed instruction / E.A. Vargas and Julie S. Vargas -- Experimental analysis of behavior at Harvard : from cumulative records to mathematical models / John K. Robinson and William R. Woodward -- The verbal legacy of B.F. Skinner : an essay on the secondary literature / Terry J. Knapp -- Conclusion. Situating B.F. Skinner and behaviorism in American culture / Laurence D. Smith. |
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Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederic), 1904-1990.
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Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederic), 1904-1990. |
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Behaviorism (Psychology) -- United States -- History.
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Behaviorism (Psychology) |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederic), 1904- |
| Added Author |
Smith, Laurence D., 1950-
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Woodward, William Ray, 1944-
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| ISBN |
0934223408 alkaline paper |
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