Science and Human Behavior
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Science and Human Behavior is a foundational book by B. F. Skinner that systematically presents the principles of behaviorism and their application to understanding and predicting human actions.
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book
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non-fiction book → psychology book → |
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cultural design
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education → law and social control → psychotherapy → social problems → |
| arguesAgainst |
mentalistic explanations of behavior
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| author |
B. F. Skinner
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Burrhus Frederic Skinner → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| describes |
behavioral control
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behavioral prediction → contingencies of reinforcement → discriminative stimulus → extinction (behavioral process) → generalization (psychology) → operant behavior → punishment → reinforcement → respondent behavior → schedules of reinforcement → shaping (behavioral psychology) → stimulus control → |
| emphasizes |
environmental determinants of behavior
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observable behavior → |
| genre |
behaviorism
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psychology → |
| hasAuthorialSchool |
radical behaviorism
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| hasPart |
chapters on basic behavioral processes
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chapters on complex human behavior → chapters on social and cultural issues → |
| hasTheoreticalBasis |
experimental analysis of behavior
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| influenced |
applied behavior analysis
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behavior modification → |
| isConsidered |
foundational text in behaviorism
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| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
behaviorism
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experimental analysis of behavior → human behavior → learning theory → operant conditioning → |
| proposes |
scientific approach to human behavior
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| publicationYear |
1953
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| publisher |
Macmillan
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| title |
Science and Human Behavior
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B. F. Skinner
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Beyond Freedom and Dignity
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Science and Human Behavior
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