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Beyond the Punitive Society: Operant Conditioning: Social and Poltical Aspects

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Operant conditioning is one of the most important contributions to psychology and the social sciences in the past fifty years. The purpose of this book is to present an overview of operant conditioning, a critical evaluation of B. F. Skinner's ideas together with responses to his critics.

Author(s): Harvey Wheeler (ed.)
Edition: 1st
Publisher: W. H. Freeman and Co.
Year: 1973

Language: English
Pages: 274
Tags: psychology, behaviorism, operant conditioning, B.F. Skinner, sociology, Beyond Freedom and Dignity, behavioral genetics, individual differences, Brave New World, 1984, utilitarianism, criminology, prison, recidivism, programme evaluation

1. "Introduction: A Nonpunitive World?", Harvey Wheeler
2. "The Skinnerian Revolution ", John R. Platt
3. "Behavioral Technology And Institutional Transformation", Dennis C. Pirages
4. "Controlled Environments For Social Change", Vitali Rozynko, Kenneth Swift, Josephine Swift, and Larney J. Boggs
5. "Operant Behaviorism: Fad, Fact-Ory, And Fantasy?", Karl H. Pribram
6. "Great Expectations", Arnold Toynbee
7. "Behaviorism's Enlightened Despotism", Chaim Perelman
8. "Some Aversive Responses To A Would-Be Reinforcer", Max Black
9. "Can Any Behavior Be Conditioned?", Robert Rosen
10. "How Good Is Current Behavioral Theory?", John Wilkinson
11. "A System-Theoretic View Of Behavior Modification", L. A. Zadeh
12. "Questions", Fred Warner Neal
13. "Skinner And Human Differences", Arthur R. Jensen
14. "Skinner's New Broom", Alexander Comfort
15. "Beyond B. F. Skinner", Lord Ritchie-Calder
16. "Skinner And 'Freedom And Dignity'", Nathan Rotenstreich
17. "Is He Really A Grand Inquisitor?", Michael Novak
18. "A Quiver Of Queries", Joseph Schwab
19. "Answers For My Critics", B. F. Skinner
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