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Behaviorists, or more precisely Skinnerians, commonly consider Skinner's work to have been misrepresented, misunderstood, and to some extent defamed. In this book, the author clarifies the work of B F Skinner, and puts it into historical and philosophical context. Though not a biography, the book discusses Skinner himself, in brief. But the bulk of the book illuminats Skinner's contributions to psychology, his philosophy of science, his experimental research program (logical positivism) and the behavioral principles that emerged from it, and applied aspects of his work. It also rebuts criticism of Skinner's work, including radical behaviorism, and discusses key developments by others that have derived from it.
Applied Behavior Analysis
Applied Behavior Analysis
Applied behavior analysis is the application of the principles and methodologies of the experimental analysis of behavior to practical situations and problems. Applied behavior analysis is concerned with three broad subject areas: (a) providing an understanding of normal processes that occur in everyday life, for example, how a child develops; (b) providing an understanding of the development and maintenance of abnormal behavior, for example, how a child may become unruly and oppositional; and (c) providing information on how to effectively intervene in problem situations to improve these, for example, how to teach daily living skills to adults with mental retardation. We will discuss each of these subject areas in this chapter.
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