{"product_id":"the-selection-of-behavior-the-operant-behaviorism-of-b-f-skinner-comments-and-consequences-paperback-9780521348614","title":"The Selection of Behavior; The Operant Behaviorism of B. F. Skinner: Comments and Consequences (Paperback) 9780521348614","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Selection of Behavior\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Operant Behaviorism of B. F. Skinner: Comments and Consequences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1988 book is a revealing historical record of the work of B. F. Skinner and its impact on psychology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eA. Charles Catania (Edited by), Stevan Harnad (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521348614, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 24 June 1988\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e586 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.85 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book was first published in 1988. B. F. Skinner was arguably the most important and influential psychologist of the last century. Yet in his long and distinguished career he consistently declined to be engaged by his critics. In his ninth decade, he elected to confront them all: cognitivists, ethologists, brain scientists, biologists, linguists, and philosophers - close to one hundred and fifty scientists and scholars from the entire spectrum of behavior-related disciplines around the world. Skinner's views on consciousness, language, problem solving, evolution, biology, brain function, computers, theory and explanation, presented in six seminal papers, are analyzed, criticized and explained in the 'open peer commentary' format of the Behavioral and Brain Sciences journal. The result is a remarkably lucid and revealing historical record of Skinnerian thinking and its impact on psychology and its allied disciplines. General readers, students, professionals and historians will find this unique intellectual exchange an invaluable resource.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: the operant behaviorism of B. F. Skinner A. Charles Catania\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Canonical Papers of B. F. Skinner: 1. Selection by consequences\u003cbr\u003e 2. Methods and theories in the experimental analysis of behavior\u003cbr\u003e 3. The operational analysis of pyschological terms\u003cbr\u003e 4. An operant analysis of problem solving\u003cbr\u003e 5. Behaviorism at fifty\u003cbr\u003e 6. The phylogeny and ontogeny of behavior\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Summing Up: 7. What are the scope and limits of radical behaviorist theory Stevan Harnad\u003cbr\u003e 8. Problems of selection and phylogeny, terms and methods of behaviorism A. Charles Catania\u003cbr\u003e Appendix. Biographical sketch and bibliography of works by B. F. Skinner\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments and notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Name index\u003cbr\u003e Subject index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Cognition \u0026amp; cognitive psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Cognition \u0026amp; cognitive psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Cognition%20\u0026amp;%20cognitive%20psychology%20%5BJMR%5D%22\"\u003eJMR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007113580824,"sku":"9780521348614","price":62.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521348614i_cb62f948-c6c7-4940-a05f-6b1a8d5136b6.jpg?v=1691375535","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-selection-of-behavior-the-operant-behaviorism-of-b-f-skinner-comments-and-consequences-paperback-9780521348614","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}