"There can be a science of behavior." So proposes the author at the beginning of this book. It discusses what definition of "science" might suit a science of behaviour and what "behaviour" might mean for science. It also explores implications of a science of behaviour for purpose, knowledge, freedom, social relationships, culture, cultural change and public policy. The book is suitable for a wide audience - undergraduates, graduate students, biologists, social scientists, philosophers and anyone interested in human behaviour, animal behaviour and culture. Throughout, links are made along contemporary behaviourism and philosophy, cognition, social psychology, anthropology and evolutionary biology. It discusses behaviourism from both historical and modern perspectives.

Understanding Behaviorism: Science, Behavior, and Culture (Behavior Analysis and Society)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Baum, William M.

Psychology & Counseling

Harpercollins College Div

Understanding Behaviorism is a classic textbook that explains the basis of behavior analysis and its application to human problems in a scholarly but accessible manner. <ul>
<li>Now in its third edition, the text has been substantially updated to include the latest developments over the last decade in behaviour analysis, evolutionary theory, and cultural evolution theory</li> <li>The only book available that explains behavior analysis and applies it to philosophical and practical problems, written by one of today’s best-known and most highly respected behaviorists</li> <li>Explores ancient concepts such as purpose, language, knowledge, and thought, as well as applying behavioural thinking to contemporary social issues like freedom, democracy, and culture</li> <li>Part of the new evolutionary perspective for understanding individual behavior in general and culture in particular – culminates with practical approaches to improving the lives of all humanity</li> </ul>

Understanding Behaviorism: Behavior, Culture, and Evolution

Wiley/Blackwell

Rediscover the science and philosophy of behavior 
In Science and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers, distinguished researcher W. M. Baum delivers an expansive collection of incisive papers setting out a new paradigm of thinking about behavior. The book offers only articles that put forward a philosophical and theoretical framework for an effective natural science of behavior. Quantitative analysis is largely avoided (except for a paper on, of all things, avoidance). 
Organized into three parts, the author explains the flow-like nature of behavior and its link to evolution, as well as descriptions of a pure form of behaviorism that correct some flaws in B.F. Skinner's seminal works. The book also links behaviorism to anthropology in its final section. 
Readers will also find: Fulsome descriptions of the molar nature of behavior and why the molecular view is misguided Re-imaginations of the concept of reinforcement, including considerations of allocation, induction, and contingency Explorations of the links between behavior analysis and Darwinian evolutionary processes 
An essential critique―and reorganization―of behavior theory and philosophy, Science and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers is a controversial, fascinating, and eye-opening journey through a half-century of transformational work in the field.\nFrom the Back Cover\nA compelling reimagination of the science and philosophy of behavior 
Science and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers is an expansive collection of contributed readings that set out an insightful and compelling new paradigm for thinking about behavior. Except for a paper including a quantitative analysis of avoidance, the collection generally avoids quantitative methods in favor of work focusing on creating a philosophical and theoretical framework for the natural science of behavior. 
Organized into three parts, the author explains the flow-like characteristics of behavior and how it is linked to evolution. He also describes a pure form of behaviorism that corrects significant flaws in B.F. Skinner’s seminal work. Finally, the selected works link behaviorism to anthropology. 
Science and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers explores: Fulsome descriptions of the molar nature of behavior and strong arguments for the position that the molecular view is misguided A reimagination of the concept of reinforcement, including new ways of thinking about allocation, induction, and contingency The links between behavior analysis and Darwinian evolutionary processes 
An eye-opening and essential critique of behavior theory and philosophy, this book is a controversial and illuminating reorganization of its subject that spans a half-century of transformational literature in the field.

Science and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

wiley

An up-to-date approach to behavior analysis within the framework of evolutionary theory Introduction to Behavioris a contemporary textbook for students in behavior analysis and other behaviorally-oriented disciplines. Dispensing with outdated models of behavior and reinforcement, this book adopts a new conceptual framework for the understanding of behavior, human and nonhuman. It will help students at all levels, particularly students being trained in applied behavior analysis, offering an easily approachable and plausible framework that can inform both research and practice.Excellent for undergraduate and graduate students alike, as well as others interested in the field of behavior science, this book covers standard topics in behavior analysis from an up-to-date perspective. Readers will be introduced to a far more effective way of viewing behavior than the traditional reinforcement-based approach.&nbsp; <ul> <li>Examine traditional concepts of behavior analysis from an evolutionary perspective&nbsp;</li> <li>Gain a concrete conceptual framework that can be used to guide research and practice in applied behavioral science&nbsp;</li> <li>Understand human and nonhuman behaviors, both in laboratory settings and in daily life, from an individual and a social perspective&nbsp;</li> <li>Build your knowledge of why people make the choices they make given particular environmental inputs&nbsp;</li> </ul> Introduction to Behavior fills an important gap in available texts on behavior analysis, placing helpful behavioral concepts within a sound, evidence-based evolutionary framework.&nbsp;

Introduction to Behavior: An Evolutionary Perspective

Understanding Behaviorism explains the basis of behavior analysis and its application to human problems in a scholarly but accessible manner. <ul> <li>Only book available that both explains behavior analysis and deals with philosophical and practical problems. 
</li> <li>Makes behaviorism accessible and explains the basis of behavior analysis and its application to human problems. 
</li> <li>Treats the ancient concepts of purpose, knowledge, language, and thought as well as modern social problems like freedom, responsibility, government, and culture. 
</li> <li>Offers practical approaches to improving the lives of all humankind. 
</li> <li>Includes suggestions for further reading.</li> </ul>

Mental Health

"There can be a science of behavior." So proposes behaviorist William M. Baum at the start of his unique text, Understanding Behaviorism: Science, Behavior, and Culture. Whether readers agree or disagree with his views, a lively, critical thinking-reading experience is guaranteed. The book discusses what definition of "science" might suit a science of behavior and what "behavior" migh mean for science. It also explores implications of a science of behavior for purpose, knowledge, freedom, social relationships, culture, cultural change, and public policy.  Understanding Behaviorism is suitable for a wide audience: undergraduates, graduate students, biologists, social scientists, philosophers. Anyone who might be interested in human behavior will delight in this text. Links are made among contemporary behaviorism and philosophy, cognition, social psychology, anthropology, and evolutionary biology.

Understanding Behaviorism

Compreender o Behaviorismo. Comportamento, Cultura e Evolução (Em Portuguese do Brasil)

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Understanding Behaviorism: Science, Behavior, and Culture (Behavior Analysis and Society)

Understanding Behaviorism: Behavior, Culture, and Evolution

Science and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers

Introduction to Behavior: An Evolutionary Perspective

Understanding Behaviorism: Behavior, Culture, and Evolution

Understanding Behaviorism: Behavior, Culture, and Evolution

Understanding Behaviorism

Compreender o Behaviorismo. Comportamento, Cultura e Evolução (Em Portuguese do Brasil)