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Author : Brian D. MacKenzie
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780710085436
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (854 download)
Download or read book Behaviourism and the Limits of Scientific Method written by Brian D. MacKenzie and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1977 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fernando Sanford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Scientific Method and Its Limitations written by Fernando Sanford and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kester Carrara
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319743015
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Radical Behaviorism and Cultural Analysis written by Kester Carrara and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how the three-term contingency paradigm created by B.F. Skinner can be applied to describe and explain cultural practices phenomena produced by complex relations between behavior and environment. It updates the academic debate on the best paradigm to analyze complex social interactions (contingency or metacontingency), arguing that Skinner’s three-term contingency - the conceptual tool created to analyze human behavior by decomposing it in three parts: discriminative stimulus, operant response and reinforcement/punishment - is the best unit of analysis since what is selected in social interactions are not the actions of the group but of individuals gathered in a group situation to form an articulated and interlocked behavioral practice. The author argues in favor of a relational approach to study behavior and identifies its theoretical foundations in the philosophy of Ernst Mach, especially in Mach’s concept of functional relations and its influence on Skinner. Departing from this theoretical framework, the author argues that behavior can only be studied through the analysis of how it emerges from relations, and cannot be explained by hypothetical constructs such as cognitive maps, personality formation mechanisms, drives, traits and preconceived motivational forces. Radical Behaviorism and Cultural Analysis will be of interest to psychology researchers and students interested in the theoretical foundations of behavior analysis, as well as to social scientists and policy makers from other areas interested in how behavior analysis can be used to study complex social interactions and how it can be applied to build a more fair and sustainable society through cultural planning and the development of prosocial behavior.
Author : William R. Uttal
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135665990
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)
Download or read book The War Between Mentalism and Behaviorism written by William R. Uttal and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers one of the most fundamental, but only infrequently considered, issues in psychology--Are mental processes accessible by means of verbal reports and/or experimental assays? It is argues that this is the main characteristic distinguishing between behaviorism and mentalistic cognitivism. The answer posed by the author is that, with few exceptions and for the most fundamental reasons, mental processes are not accessible and that any psychology, such as contemporary cognitivism, based on a putative analysis of mind into its mental components must be fallacious. Classic and modern arguments against both mentalism and behaviorism are reviewed. In general, it is concluded that most antibehaviorist arguments are based on second order humanistic considerations rather than those underlying the usual scientific standards. Behaviorism represents the best that can be done in a situation of fundamental immeasurability and uncertainty. A modern version is offered in the final chapter of this book.
Author : G N Cantor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000158853
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Companion to the History of Modern Science written by G N Cantor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 67 chapters of this book describe and analyse the development of Western science from 1500 to the present day. Divided into two major sections - 'The Study of the History of Science' and 'Selected Writings in the History of Science' - the volume describes the methods and problems of research in the field and then applies these techniques to a wide range of fields. Areas covered include: * the Copernican Revolution * Genetics * Science and Imperialism * the History of Anthropology * Science and Religion * Magic and Science. The companion is an indispensable resource for students and professionals in History, Philosophy, Sociology and the Sciences as well as the History of Science. It will also appeal to the general reader interested in an introduction to the subject.
Author : John A. Mills
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814761240
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Control written by John A. Mills and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000-08-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 patterns, practices, and values. Furthermore, Mills provides a cogent critique of behaviorists' narrow attitudes toward human motivation, exploring how their positivism cripples their ability to account for the unobservable, inner factors that control behavior. Control's blend of history and criticism advances our understanding not only of behaviorism, but also the development of social science and positivism in twentieth-century America.
Author : Roger Smith
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393317336
Total Pages : 1070 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book The Norton History of the Human Sciences written by Roger Smith and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1070 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the Renaissance's rediscovery of Greek psychology, political philosophy, and ethics, author Roger Smith recounts how the human sciences gradually organized themselves around a scientific conception of psychology and how this trend has continued to the present day in a circle of interactions between science and ordinary life, influencing and influenced by popular culture. Photos & drawings.
Author : Arthur W. Staats
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461564565
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)
Download or read book Annals of Theoretical Psychology written by Arthur W. Staats and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have been involved in constructing a unified theory for many years, in considering the state of psychology's unity-disunity, and in generally attempt ing to persuade our profession to work on its unification. In this work I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with the works of a number of other psychologists whose statements indicated that they had something to say on these topics. I saw also that it would be very productive for psychology to have these individuals address themselves to psychology's disunity-unity, consid ered as a problem that should be confronted and addressed. In 1983 I began to indicate that it was my intention to devote a book to the topic, as seen through the eyes of a group of prominent psychologists concerned with related issues. It was very fortunate from my standpoint that Joseph Royce and later Leendert Mos, who were editing this series, were interested in this book. I accepted the former's invitation to do within the present series the book I had planned. Although I must assume responsibility for selection of the contributors, for the book's organization, and for the first editing of their papers for substance, Pro fessor Mos offered to help in an editorial capacity and I am most grateful for his contributions to the formal editing. The volume is much improved as a result of his careful efforts, which in one case involved rewriting material.
Author : Martyn Hammersley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134978774
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Dilemma Qualitative Method written by Martyn Hammersley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1990. Originally published in 1989, The Dilemma of Qualitative Method is a stimulating guide to the discussion of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to social research, originated in nineteenth-century debates about the relationship between the methods of history and natural science. One of the key theorists in this area was Chicago sociologist Herbert Blumer. The book analyses the historical context of the dispute and provides a detailed account and systematic analysis Blumer's methodological writings including his doctoral thesis. The strategies for qualitative research advocated by Blumer within the Chicago tradition are reviewed and assessed.
Author : Robert Boakes
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521280129
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (81 download)
Download or read book From Darwin to Behaviourism written by Robert Boakes and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1984-04-19 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume surveys the way that understanding of the minds of animals and ideas about the relationship between animal and human behaviour developed from around 1870 to 1930. In describing the research and theories which contributed to these developments, this book looks at the people who undertook such studies and the reasons why they did so. Its main purpose is to examine the different ways in which the outcome of this work affected their ideas about the human mind and exerted such a formative influence on psychology in general. This book will be used by first and second year undergraduates studying psychology, and will also appeal to students of the history of science and philosophy. In addition, the lucid, non-technical style of this book will provide an excellent introduction to the general reader who would like to know more about this interesting subject.
Author : John Paul Russo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317527798
Total Pages : 709 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book I. A. Richards (Routledge Revivals) written by John Paul Russo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering critic, educator, and poet, I. A. Richards (1893-1979) helped the English-speaking world decide not only what to read but how to read it. Acknowledged "father" of New Criticism, he produced the most systematic body of critical writing in the English language since Coleridge. His method of close reading dominated the English-speaking classroom for half a century. John Paul Russo draws on close personal acquaintance with Richards as well as on unpublished materials, correspondence, and interviews, to write the first biography (originally published in 1989) of one of last century’s most influential and many-sided men of letters.
Author : Vicki L. Lee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317247531
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)
Download or read book Beyond Behaviorism written by Vicki L. Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1988, this title explores and contrasts means and ends psychology with conventional psychology – that of stimuli and response. The author develops this comparison by exploring the general nature of psychological phenomena and clarifying many persistent doubts about psychology. She contrasts conventional psychology (stimuli and responses) involving reductionistic, organocentric, and mechanistic metatheory with alternative psychology (means and ends) that is autonomous, contextual, and evolutionary.
Author : B.F Skinner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476716153
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
Download or read book Science And Human Behavior written by B.F Skinner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The psychology classic—a detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled—from one of the most influential behaviorists of the twentieth century and the author of Walden Two. “This is an important book, exceptionally well written, and logically consistent with the basic premise of the unitary nature of science. Many students of society and culture would take violent issue with most of the things that Skinner has to say, but even those who disagree most will find this a stimulating book.” —Samuel M. Strong, The American Journal of Sociology “This is a remarkable book—remarkable in that it presents a strong, consistent, and all but exhaustive case for a natural science of human behavior…It ought to be…valuable for those whose preferences lie with, as well as those whose preferences stand against, a behavioristic approach to human activity.” —Harry Prosch, Ethics
Author : Thomas R. Zentall
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0195392663
Total Pages : 941 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition written by Thomas R. Zentall and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume illustrates why an understanding of animal intelligence is essential in disclosing the nature of minds other than our own making it a fascinating volume for anyone curious about the state of modern comparative cognition.
Author : David Faust
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452900914
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)
Download or read book The Limits of Scientific Reasoning written by David Faust and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gordon Foxall
Publisher : Beard Books
ISBN 13 : 1587982404
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (879 download)
Download or read book Consumer Psychology in Behavioral Perspective written by Gordon Foxall and published by Beard Books. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reprint of a formerly published book. It deals with the psychology and behavior that motivates people to make the purchase and consumer choices that they do.The book makes a major new contribution to our understanding of consumer decision-making.
Author : Graham Richards
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134082649
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Psychology: The Key Concepts written by Graham Richards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-08-18 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychology: The Key Concepts is a comprehensive overview of 200 concepts central to a solid understanding of Psychology and includes the latest recommendations from the British Psychology Society (BPS). The focus is on practical uses of Psychology in settings such as nursing, education and human resources, with topics ranging from Gender to Psychometrics and Perception.
