B.F. Skinner : a reappraisal / Marc N. Richelle.

  • Richelle, Marc.
Date:
1995, ©1993
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Publication/Creation

Hove, UK ; Hillsdale, USA : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1995, ©1993.

Physical description

xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Edition

Paperback ed.

Notes

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: BNA

Contents

Pt. 1. Controversial issues and unquestionable contributions : A matter of controversy -- Sketch for a portrait -- The Skinner box: a new microscope for psychology. Pt. 2. Skinner and the European tradition: Pavlov, Freud, Lorenz and Piaget : Pavlov's ambiguous heritage -- Freud in Skinner's writings -- Skinner and the ethological tradition -- Piaget and Skinner: constructivism and behaviourism. Pt. 3. Touchstones of radical behaviourism: brain, cognition, language and creativity : Skinner and biology -- From mentalism to cognitivism -- The language issue -- Thought processes and creativity. Pt. 4. The concern for real life: a venture into Utopia : Mental health -- Education -- Society and Utopia -- Freedom, at last...

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Includes bibliographic references (p. 225-231) and indexes

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  • 0863773915