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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instanceOf book
non-fiction book
psychology book
appliesTo cultural design
education
law and social control
psychotherapy
social problems
arguesAgainst mentalistic explanations of behavior
author B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
surface form: B. F. Skinner

B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
surface form: Burrhus Frederic Skinner
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describes behavioral control
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
observable behavior
genre behaviorism
psychology
hasAuthorialSchool radical behaviorism
hasPart chapters on basic behavioral processes
chapters on complex human behavior
chapters on social and cultural issues
hasTheoreticalBasis experimental analysis of behavior
influenced applied behavior analysis
behavior modification
isConsidered foundational text in behaviorism
language English
mainSubject behaviorism
experimental analysis of behavior
human behavior
learning theory
operant conditioning
proposes scientific approach to human behavior
publicationYear 1953
publisher Macmillan Publishers
surface form: Macmillan
title Science and Human Behavior self-link

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B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner) notableWork Science and Human Behavior
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Science and Human Behavior title Science and Human Behavior self-link
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