Behaviour Analysis and Contemporary Psychology

ISBN-13: 9781032327853 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 304 str.

C. F. Lowe; M. Richelle; D. E. Blackman

Opis

First published in 1985, Behaviour Analysis and Contemporary Psychology presents chapters from the first European Meeting on the Experimental Analysis of Behaviour. The book is divided into six parts and provides a useful account of issues and work in behaviour analysis by both European and North American contributors at the time.

Spis treści

List of Contributors.  Part I: Introduction  1. Behaviour Analysis and Contemporary Psychology M. Richelle  2. European Roots and Behaviourism and Recent Developments J-F. Le Ny  3. The Evolution of Behaviour B. F. Skinner  Part II: Behaviourist and Ethological Approaches: Complementary or Antagonistic?  4. Operant Psychology and Ethology: Failures and Successes in Interdisciplinary Interaction S.E.G. Lea  5. The Peck of the Pigeon: Free for All J.D. Delius  6. The Comparative Psychology of Operant Behaviour J.E.R. Staddon  Part III: Determinants of Human Operant Behaviour  7. On the Generality of Behavioural Principles: Human Choice and the Matching Law C.F. Lowe and P.J. Horne  8. Human Behaviour as Operant Behaviour: An Empirical or Conceptual Issue? E. Ribes  9. Rule-governed Behaviour and the Origins of Language A.C. Catania  Part IV: Fundamental Research and Behaviour Modification  10. Fundamental Research and Behaviour Modification J. Michael  11. Autistic Behaviour: Fundamental Research and Applied Analysis A. Brekstad  12. Behaviour Modification and Neuropsychology X. Seron  Part V: Recent Developments in the Behavioural Analysis of Drug Effects  13. Treatment-behaviour Interactions in Activity/Habituation and Avoidance: State Changes and Pre-exposure to CS, US, and Drug G. Bignami, V. Giardini and E. Alleva  14. Drug Discrimination and the Behavioural Analysis of Drug Action F.C. Colpaert  15. Rate-Independent Approaches to the Analysis of Drug Action T. W. Robbins and J.L. Evenden  Part VI: Conclusion  16. Contemporary Behaviourism: A Brief Overview D.E. Blackman.  Author Index.  Subject Index.