Keywords:
Behaviorism (Psychology)-History
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History
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Behaviorism has been the dominant force in the creation of modern American psychology. However, the unquestioned and unquestioning nature of this dominance has obfuscated the complexity of behaviorism. Control serves as an antidote to this historical myopia, providing the most comprehensive history of behaviorism yet written. Mills successfully balances the investigation of individual theorists and their contributions with analysis of the structures of assumption which underlie all behaviorist psychology, and with behaviorism's role as both creator and creature of larger American intellectual
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (258 p.)
ISBN:
9780814756119
Series Statement:
Qualitative Studies in Psychology
URL:
http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=865722
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=865722
URL:
http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780814756119.pdf
DDC:
150.19/43/09
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Shaping a Profession: Behaviorism in American Psychology; 1 The Birth of Psychological Behaviorism; 2 From Apogee to Perigee: Radical Behaviorism Appears but Fails to Take Root; 3 The Conceptual Basis of Neobehaviorism and Behavioral Science; 4 The Behaviorist as Research Manager: Clark L. Hulland the Writing of Principles of Behavior; 5 The Behaviorist as Philosopher: B. F. Skinner; 6 Behaviorists as Social Engineers: Behavior Modification Applied to Abnormal Psychology; 7 Faithful unto This Last: The Neobehaviorist Hegemony; Notes; Index
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About the Author
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