Behavior analysis and learning

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pierce, W. David (Author), Cheney, Carl D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Psychology Press , 2008
Edition:4th ed
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. A science of behavior: perspective, history, and assumptions
  • 2. The experimental analysis of behavior
  • 3. Reflexive behavior and respondent conditioning
  • 4. Reinforcement and extinction of operant behavior
  • 5. Schedules of reinforcement
  • 6. Aversive control of behavior
  • 7. Operant-respondent interrelationships and the biological context of conditioning
  • 8. Stimulus control
  • 9. Choice and preference
  • 10. Conditioned reinforcement
  • 11. Correspondence relations: imitation and rule-governed behavior
  • 12. Verbal behavior
  • 13. Applied behavior analysis
  • 14. Three levels of selection: biology, behavior, and culture