B.F. Skinner
Subtitle: a reappraisal
By: Marc N. Richelle.
Edition: Paperback ed.
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Hove, UK; Hillsdale, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Skinner, B. F. -- 1904-; Behaviorism (Psychology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-231) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1.  Controversial issues and unquestionable contributions : A matter of controversy; title: Sketch for a portrait; title: The Skinner box: a new microscope for psychology.  Pt. 2.  Skinner and the European tradition: Pavlov, Freud, Lorenz and Piaget : Pavlov's ambiguous heritage; title: Freud in Skinner's writings; title: Skinner and the ethological tradition; title: Piaget and Skinner: constructivism and behaviourism.  Pt. 3.  Touchstones of radical behaviourism: brain, cognition, language and creativity : Skinner and biology; title: From mentalism to cognitivism; title: The language issue; title: Thought processes and creativity.  Pt. 4.  The concern for real life: a venture into Utopia : Mental health; title: Education; title: Society and Utopia; title: Freedom, at last...