Operant Behavior

Author : Werner K. Honig,J. E. R. Staddon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000528879

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Handbook of Operant Behavior by Werner K. Honig,J. E. R. Staddon Pdf

This classic edition of the Handbook of Operant Behavior presents seminal work in the field of learning and behavior, foreshadowing a new direction for learning research, and presenting many questions that remain unanswered. Featuring impressive contributions from leading figures across the field—ranging from N. J. Mackintosh from what was to become the cognitive school through Morse, Kelleher, Hutchinson, and Hineline on the neglected topic of aversive control to Blough and Blough on psychophysics to Philip Teitelbaum on behavioral physiology—the book is a must-read for anyone interested in human and animal learning. In a newly written introduction, J. E. R. Staddon highlights several issues that deserve more attention: how language is learned and syntax evolves, how animals choose, and a new paradigm for the study of learning in general. The book is essential reading for all students and researchers of learning and behavior, and aims to encourage researchers to revisit some of the fascinating behavioral questions raised by the original book.

Author : Kennon A. Lattal,Michael Perone
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781489919472

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Handbook of Research Methods in Human Operant Behavior by Kennon A. Lattal,Michael Perone Pdf

A host of special methodological issues arise in any discussion of research on human behavior. This practical new volume addresses many of those questions with 19 superb contributions from leading experts in the field. The text evaluates specific strategies and techniques used in laboratory settings, including - reinforcement and punishment - stimulus control - behavioral pharmacology - and methodologies concerning verbal and social behavior, among others. The book includes 135 illustrations and a notable Appendix that offers the APA's ethical guidelines for research with human subjects.

Author : Frances K. McSweeney,Eric S. Murphy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 773 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118468180

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The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Operant and Classical Conditioning by Frances K. McSweeney,Eric S. Murphy Pdf

This combined survey of operant and classical conditioning provides professional and academic readers with an up-to-date, inclusive account of a core field of psychology research, with in-depth coverage of the basic theory, its applications, and current topics including behavioral economics. Provides comprehensive coverage of operant and classical conditioning, relevant fundamental theory, and applications including the latest techniques Features chapters by leading researchers, professionals, and academicians Reviews a range of core literature on conditioning Covers cutting-edge topics such as behavioral economics

Author : W.W. Henton,I.H. Iversen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461263104

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Classical Conditioning and Operant Conditioning by W.W. Henton,I.H. Iversen Pdf

Since the appearance of the treatise on "Schedules of Reinforcement" by Ferster and Skinner over two decades ago, the literature in behavior analysis, both experimental and applied, has been dominated by a range of studies dedi cated to providing ever more systematic and refined accounts of these "mainsprings of behavior control. " For the most part, the analysis has been pursued in the best traditions of "scientific methodology" with careful atten tion to the isolation of controlling variables in unitary form. Of late, relatively simple interaction effects have provided an important additional focus for more sophisticated analyses. It is clear, however, from even a cursory survey of the monumental research and conceptual analysis which is represented in this scholarly volume by Henton and Iversen that the surface ofthis complex "be havioral interactions" domain has barely been scratched. The primary focus of this pioneering effort extends the competing response analysis across all experimental schedules, both classical and instrumental, as well as the interactions between the two. Appropriately, the analysis empha sizes overt behavioral interactions, beginning with the simplest case of one operant and one respondent, and inevitably implicating more diverse and subtle interactions. As the analysis expands to include interactions between multiple recorded responses, increasingly more precise empirical specifications ofrecip rocal interactions in response probabilities are revealed independently of con ventional procedural labels (i. e. , operants, respondents, collaterals, adjunc tives, etc. ) and traditional theoretical distinctions.

Author : Derek E. Blackman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351535984

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Operant Conditioning by Derek E. Blackman Pdf

The approach to psychology advocated by the radical behaviourists was often misunderstood and frequently gave rise to controversy. Originally published in 1974, this book introduced current research in operant conditioning and explains the attempt to understand behaviour inherent in such experiments at the time. After considering the philosophical context in which behaviouristic psychology developed, the author outlines the basic characteristics of operant research by reviewing single experiments on the effects of reinforcement on behaviour. Chapters on schedules of intermittent reinforcement extend this approach to more complex situations and emphasize that behaviour can be maintained and controlled in many different ways by environmental events. The author then discusses recent work on conditional reinforcement and on the discriminative control of behaviour and shows how operant research has changed our understanding of these important concepts in psychology. Subsequent chapters review research within the operant paradigm on the effects on behaviour of punishment, anxiety, aversive stimuli and drugs, again by emphasising the special contribution to these topics made by operant conditioning techniques and methodology. The final chapters consider the general implications of operant research for educational practice and for clinical psychology, and place this approach within the context of psychology as a whole. Dr Blackman argues that it should be recognized as one important attempt to further the scientific analysis of behaviour. This book, filled a long recognized need for an undergraduate text in this area at the time, and helped students form their own evaluation. Now it should be read in its historical context.

Author : George Stanley Reynolds
Publisher : Scott Foresman
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Psychology
ISBN : MINN:31951000945722Z

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A Primer of Operant Conditioning by George Stanley Reynolds Pdf

Author : W. David Pierce,Carl D. Cheney
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135811280

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Behavior Analysis and Learning by W. David Pierce,Carl D. Cheney Pdf

Behavior Analysis and Learning, Fourth Edition is an essential textbook covering the basic principles in the field of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, as pioneered by B. F. Skinner. The textbook provides an advanced introduction to operant conditioning from a very consistent Skinnerian perspective. It covers a range of principles from basic respondent conditioning through applied behavior analysis into cultural design. Elaborating on Darwinian components and biological connections with behavior, the book treats the topic from a consistent worldview of selectionism. The functional relations between the organism and the environment are described, and their application in accounting for old behavior and generating new behavior is illustrated. Expanding on concepts of past editions, the fourth edition provides updated coverage of recent literature and the latest findings. There is increased inclusion of biological and neuroscience material, as well as more data correlating behavior with neurological and genetic factors. The material presented in this book provides the reader with the best available foundation in behavior science and is a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in psychology or other behavior-based disciplines. In addition, a website of supplemental resources for instructors and students makes this new edition even more accessible and student-friendly.

Author : C. Merle Johnson,William K. Redmon,Thomas C. Mawhinney
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0789010879

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Handbook of Organizational Performance by C. Merle Johnson,William K. Redmon,Thomas C. Mawhinney Pdf

The Handbook of Organizational Performance contains all the information you need to effectively manage your employees . Using the principles of industrial/organizational psychology, you will learn how to perform behavior analysis and management, how to determine criteria for performance appraisals, and how to establish leadership in the workplace. Enhanced with helpful charts, tables, and figures, The Handbook of Organizational Performance is an indispensable management tool and an essential text for students of business. To view an excerpt online, find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com.

Author : David A. Alhadeff
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780520314443

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Microeconomics and Human Behavior by David A. Alhadeff Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

Author : Erin B. Rasmussen,Casey J. Clay,W. David Pierce,Carl D. Cheney
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 925 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000817225

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Behavior Analysis and Learning by Erin B. Rasmussen,Casey J. Clay,W. David Pierce,Carl D. Cheney Pdf

Using a behavioral perspective, Behavior Analysis and Learning provides an advanced introduction to the principles of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, covering a full range of principles from basic respondent and operant conditioning through applied behavior analysis into cultural design. The text uses Darwinian, neurophysiological, and biological theories and research to inform B. F. Skinner’s philosophy of radical behaviorism. The seventh edition expands the focus on neurophysiological mechanisms and their relation to the experimental analysis of behavior, providing updated studies and references to reflect current expansions and changes in the field of behavior analysis. By bringing together ideas from behavior analysis, neuroscience, epigenetics, and culture under a selectionist framework, the text facilitates understanding of behavior at environmental, genetic, neurophysiological, and sociocultural levels. This "grand synthesis" of behavior, neuroscience, and neurobiology roots behavior firmly in biology. The text includes special sections, "New Directions," "Focus On," "Note On," "On the Applied Side," and "Advanced Section," which enhance student learning and provide greater insight on specific topics. This edition was also updated for more inclusive language and representation of people and research across race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender identity, and neurodiversity. Behavior Analysis and Learning is a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in psychology or other behavior-based disciplines, especially behavioral neuroscience. The text is supported by Support Material that features a robust set of instructor and student resources: www.routledge.com/9781032065144.

Author : B. F. Skinner
Publisher : B. F. Skinner Foundation
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780989983907

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Verbal Behavior by B. F. Skinner Pdf

In 1934, at the age of 30, B. F. Skinner found himself at a dinner sitting next to Professor Alfred North Whitehead. Never one to lose an opportunity to promote behaviorism, Skinner expounded its main tenets to the distinguished philosopher. Whitehead acknowledged that science might account for most of human behavior but he would not include verbal behavior. He ended the discussion with a challenge: "Let me see you," he said, "account for my behavior as I sit here saying, 'No black scorpion is falling upon this table.'" The next morning Skinner began this book. It took him over twenty years to complete. This book extends the laboratory-based principles of selection by consequences to account for what people say, write, gesture, and think. Skinner argues that verbal behavior requires a separate analysis because it does not operate on the environment directly, but rather through the behavior of other people in a verbal community. He illustrates his thesis with examples from literature, the arts, and sciences, as well as from his own verbal behavior and that of his colleagues and children. Perhaps it is because this theoretical work provides a way to approach that most human of human behavior that Skinner ofter called Verbal Behavior his most important work.

Author : Julian C. Leslie,Mark F. O'Reilly
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317762355

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Behavior Analysis by Julian C. Leslie,Mark F. O'Reilly Pdf

This psychology textbook offers a comprehensive examination of the basic principles of behavior analysis and their application to issues of social significance. Behavioral scientists are interested in elucidating the fundamental principles that govern the behavior of human and non-human animals. Behavior Analysis is designed to meet the needs of senior undergraduate courses and postgraduate training in behavior analysis and its applications. The eleven comprehensive chapters: ·consider how fundamental principles of behavior can be used in an applied setting to identify behavior to be changed, to select treatments which increase of decrease behavior, and to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions; and ·give examples from various disciplines, including dietetics, education, occupational therapy, and speech therapy, as well as clinical, social, health and community psychology. In addition to covering core material essential for courses in psychology, this volume will also provide a useful account of behavioural psychology and its applied uses for students and professionals from a wide range of fields.

Author : B. F. Skinner
Publisher : B. F. Skinner Foundation
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780996453905

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The Behavior of Organisms by B. F. Skinner Pdf

Author : A. Charles Catania,Stevan Harnad
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1988-06-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521343887

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The Selection of Behavior by A. Charles Catania,Stevan Harnad Pdf

This 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.

Author : I.H. Iversen,K.A. Lattal
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781483291260

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Experimental Analysis of Behavior by I.H. Iversen,K.A. Lattal Pdf

This volume is dedicated to the late B.F. Skinner as a tribute to his pioneering work on the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. This science that he initiated studies the behavior of individual organisms under laboratory conditions. The volume describes a broad collection of representative and effective research techniques in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; techniques derived solely from infrahuman subjects, which have been selected both for their utility in behavior analysis and for their potential value in expanding the use of behavior analysis in the neurosciences. By bringing together under one cover the expertise of individual authors regarding techniques based on their particular laboratory experiences, the book provides an informative and practical source of methods and techniques for those practising or interested in Experimental Analysis of Behaviour.