Overview

The rise of cognitive science in the 1960s was widely heralded as a scientific revolution - an interpretation that implied the decline and eventual death of behavioral psychology. Although many forms of behavioral psychology did indeed disappear, there was a striking exception: the program of operant psychology founded by B.F. Skinner. This program actually grew at a rapid pace during the 'cognitive revolution' and shows no signs of fading away. What, then, is its place within psychology, and in particular, what is its relationship with cognitive psychology? This book attempts to answer that question. Distinguishing between operant psychology and the philosophy of radical behaviorism, it concludes that even though radical behaviorism may have been a failure, the operant program of research has been a success. Furthermore, operant psychology and cognitive psychology complement one another, each having its own domain within which it contributes something valuable to, but beyond the reach of, the other.

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Author:   T.L. Smith
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1994 ed.
Volume:   16
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.290kg
ISBN:  

9780792328155

ISBN 10:   0792328159
Pages:   267
Publication Date:   30 June 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

/ The Anomalous Survival of Operant Psychology.- One / Understanding the Program of Research.- One / Defining the Operant.- Two / Not a Form of S-R Psychology.- Three / The Functional Nature of Behavioral Categories.- Two / Circumventing Standard Criticisms of the Program.- Four / Minor Problems.- Five / Folk Psychology’s Critique.- Six / Rebutting Folk Psychology’s Critique.- Seven / A Sophisticated Rejoinder by Philosophers.- Three / Weighing the Strengths and Weaknesses of Radical Behaviorism.- Eight / What Is Radical Behaviorism?.- Nine / The Scientific Case for Radical Behaviorism.- Ten / The Analogy with Natural Selection.- Four / Disentangling the Program from Radical Behaviorism.- Eleven / Transcending Behaviorism.- Twelve / Operant Psychology without Behaviorism.- References.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

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