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Behavior Analysis and Learning - W. David Pierce, Carl D. Cheney

Behavior Analysis and Learning

Fourth Edition
Buch | Hardcover
448 Seiten
2008 | 4th New edition
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8058-6260-7 (ISBN)
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Covers the basic principles of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, as pioneered by B F Skinner. This book presents an introduction to operant conditioning from a very consistent Skinnerian perspective. It covers a range of principles from basic respondent conditioning through applied behavior analysis into cultural design.
Behavior Analysis and Learning, Fourth Edition is an essential textbook covering the basic principles in the field of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, as pioneered by B. F. Skinner. The textbook provides an advanced introduction to operant conditioning from a very consistent Skinnerian perspective. It covers a range of principles from basic respondent conditioning through applied behavior analysis into cultural design. Elaborating on Darwinian components and biological connections with behavior, the book treats the topic from a consistent worldview of selectionism. The functional relations between the organism and the environment are described, and their application in accounting for old behavior and generating new behavior is illustrated.


Expanding on concepts of past editions, the fourth edition provides updated coverage of recent literature and the latest findings. There is increased inclusion of biological and neuroscience material, as well as more data correlating behavior with neurological and genetic factors.


The material presented in this book provides the reader with the best available foundation in behavior science and is a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in psychology or other behavior-based disciplines. In addition, a website of supplemental resources for instructors and students makes this new edition even more accessible and student-friendly.

W. David Pierce is a Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada. His main research concerns a biobehavioral analysis of activity anorexia, taste regulation of overeating, and exercise-induced taste aversion. Carl D. Cheney is Professor of Psychology at Utah State University. He teaches behavior analysis and physiological psychology and has published widely in the experimental analysis of behavior. His current research is focused on the management of diet selection with a variety of species.

A Science of Behavior: Perspective, History, and Assumptions. The Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Reflexive Behavior and Respondent Conditioning. Reinforcement and Extinction of Operant Behavior. Schedules of Reinforcement. Aversive Control of Behavior. Operant–Respondent Interrelationships and the Biological Context of Conditioning. Stimulus Control. Choice and Preference. Conditioned Reinforcement. Correspondent Relations: Imitation and Rule-Governed Behavior. Verbal Behavior. Applied Behavior Analysis. Three Levels of Selection: Biology, Behavior, and Culture.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.6.2008
Zusatzinfo 126 Line drawings, black and white; 36 Halftones, black and white; 162 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort Mahwah
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 998 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Verhaltenstherapie
ISBN-10 0-8058-6260-9 / 0805862609
ISBN-13 978-0-8058-6260-7 / 9780805862607
Zustand Neuware
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