The New Behaviorism

The New Behaviorism
Author: John Staddon
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2014-03-05
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317755758

This groundbreaking book presents a brief history of behaviorism, the dominant movement in American psychology in the first half of the 20th Century. It then analyzes and criticizes radical behaviorism, as pioneered by B.F. Skinner, and its philosophy and applications to social issues. This second edition is a completely rewritten and much expanded version of the first edition, published nearly 15 years earlier. It surveys what changes have occurred within behaviorism and whether it has maintained its influence on experimental cognitive psychology or other fields. The mission of the book is to help steer experimental psychology away from its current undisciplined indulgence in "mental life" toward the core of science, which is an economical description of nature. The author argues that parsimony -- the elementary philosophical distinction between private and public events, even biology, evolution and animal psychology -- all are ignored by much contemporary cognitive psychology. The failings of radical behaviorism as well as a philosophically defective cognitive psychology point to the need for a new theoretical behaviorism, which can deal with problems such as "consciousness" that have been either ignored, evaded or muddled by existing approaches. This new behaviorism provides a unified framework for the science of behavior that can be applied both to the laboratory and to broader practical issues such as law and punishment, the health-care system, and teaching.

The New Behaviorism

The New Behaviorism
Author: John Staddon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2021-05-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1000389685

This ground-breaking book presents a brief history of behaviorism, along with a critical analysis of radical behaviorism, its philosophy and its applications to social issues. This third edition is much expanded and includes a new chapter on experimental method as well as longer sections on the philosophy of behaviorism. It offers experimental and theoretical examples of a new approach to behavioral science. It provides an alternative philosophical and empirical foundation for a psychology that has rather lost its way. The mission of the book is to help steer experimental psychology away from its current undisciplined indulgence in "mental life" toward the core of science, which is an economical description of nature: parsimony, explain much with little. The elementary philosophical distinction between private and public events, even biology, evolution and animal psychology are all ignored by much contemporary cognitive psychology. The failings of radical behaviorism as well as a philosophically defective cognitive psychology point to the need for a new theoretical behaviorism, which can deal with problems such as "consciousness" that have been either ignored, evaded or muddled by existing approaches. This new behaviorism provides a unified framework for the science of behavior that can be applied both to the laboratory and to broader practical issues such as law and punishment, the health-care system, and teaching.

The New Behaviorism

The New Behaviorism
Author: J. E. R. Staddon
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2001
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781841690148

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

About Behaviorism

About Behaviorism
Author: B.F. Skinner
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2011-08-24
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0307797848

The basic book about the controversial philosophy known as behaviorism, written by its leading exponent.

Behaviorism

Behaviorism
Author: J. E. R. Staddon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1993
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

The Philosophical Legacy of Behaviorism

The Philosophical Legacy of Behaviorism
Author: B. Thyer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401592470

This series will include monographs and collections of studies devoted to the investigation and exploration of knowledge, infonnation, and data-processing systems of all kinds, no matter whether human, (other) animal, or machine. Its scope is intended to span the full range of interests from classical problems in the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology through issues in cognitive psychology and sociobiology (concerning the mental capabilities of other species) to ideas related to artificial intelligence and computer science. While primary emphasis will be placed upon theoretical, conceptual, and epistemological aspects of these problems and domains, empirical, experi mental, and methodological studies will also appear from time to time. In the present volume, Bruce Thyer has brought together an impressive collection of original studies concerning philosophical aspects of behaviorism, which continues to exert considerable influence even in the era of the Cognitive Revolution. From its early origins and basic principles to its analysis of verbal behavior, consciousness, and free-will, determinism, and self-control, this work offers something of value for everyone with a serious interest in understanding scientific method in application to human behavior. Indeed, as the editor remarks, behaviorism is as much a philosophy as it is an approach to the study of behavior. The breadth and depth of this approach receives proper representation in this work devoted to its rich and varied philosophical legacy. J.H.F. v BA. Thyer (ed.). The Philosophical Legacy of Behaviorism, v.

Behaviorism in Everyday Life

Behaviorism in Everyday Life
Author: Howard Rachlin
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1980-01-01
Genre: Behaviorism (Psychology)
ISBN: 9780130745750

Toward a New Behaviorism

Toward a New Behaviorism
Author: William R. Uttal
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1998
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

This book examines the scientific basis of reductionist approaches to understanding visual perception, as well as a critique of con-temporary thinking on perceptual science. For experimental psychologists, and researchers studying perception.

Psychological Review

Psychological Review
Author: James Mark Baldwin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1922
Genre: Electronic journals
ISBN:

Issues for 1894-1903 include the section: Psychological literature.