Control : : A History of Behavioral Psychology / / John A. Mills.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2000] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Qualitative Studies in Psychology ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Shaping a Profession: Behaviorism in American Psychology
- 1 The Birth of Psychological Behaviorism
- 2 From Apogee to Perigee: Radical Behaviorism Appears but Fails to Take Root
- 3 The Conceptual Basis of Neobehaviorism and Behavioral Science
- 4 The Behaviorist as Research Manager: Clark L. Hull and the Writing of Principles of Behavior
- 5 The Behaviorist as Philosopher: B. F. Skinner
- 6 Behaviorists as Social Engineers: Behavior Modification Applied to Abnormal Psychology
- 7 Faithful unto This Last: The Neobehaviorist Hegemony
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author