Principles of Purposive Behavior
Author: Edward Chace Tolman
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Published: 1957
Total Pages: 222
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Author: Edward Chace Tolman
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Published: 1957
Total Pages: 222
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edward Chace Tolman
Publisher: Irvington Publishers
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 498
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Julian C. Leslie
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9783718659012
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Julian C. Leslie
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2013-10-28
Total Pages: 387
ISBN-13: 1135056064
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1996. The field of behavior analysis began with the research studies of B.F. Skinner in the 1930s. In 1950, Keller and Schoenfeld published Principles of Psychology. It was the first text to present the basic principles of behavior analysis in a systematic fashion. While continuing to cite and describe the seminal articles in the field, in this book Leslie also includes clear presentations of new findings. The systematic presentation of these findings enables the author to provide laboratory based accounts of increasingly complex forms of human behavior, instead of plausible extrapolations which were the only option available at an earlier time. The Principles of Behavior Analysis does not sacrifice sweep for detail, and also does not sacrifice adequate presentation of basic principles for oversimplification.
Author: David M. McCord
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 332
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jacob Robert Kantor
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Published: 1924
Total Pages: 506
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1924, this book--as the title suggests--provides an overview of the principles of psychology. Written at a time when psychology was a "youthful" science and the debate over the field's status as a natural science (or even as a science at all) was relatively fresh, Principles of Psychology represents a stock-taking of sorts--a survey of the ends achieved and the newer trends of development in psychological research. The author's aim is to present and study psychological phenomena as actual, observable events consisting of the responses of psychological organisms on the one hand, and the stimulus objects or conditions which interact with them on the other. By dispensing with animatistic conceptions and intangible psychic phenomena that previously dominated the field, the author hopes to bolster psychology's position as a member of the family of natural sciences. According to the author, only by avoiding meticulously all powers or functions--whether considered as psychic or biological--which do not represent actual observable phenomena or interpretations derived from such observations, can psychology as a science be erected upon a firm foundation. It is to this end that the author presents 15 chapters on a wide range of topics that represent the core concepts and principles of psychology: The Domain, Method, and Development of Psychology; The Primary Data of Psychology; The Psychological Individual or Personality; The Psychological Organism or Personality in Action; The Simpler or Foundation Behavior Segments; The Nature of Basic Conduct and How it is Developed; The Development and Operation of Complex Human or Societal Conduct; Attention Behavior as the Actualization of Stimuli; The Nature of Sensing and Perceiving; Implicit Action as Responses to Absent Stimuli Objects; Association as a Fundamental Type of Psychological Activity; The Primary Internal Character of Feeling Reactions; Knowing as Determining and Orientating Conduct; The Nature of Volitional Conduct; and, finally, The Integrative Nature of Habit Reactions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).
Author: Elizabeth DePoy
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2011-09-21
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 141299036X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Human Behavior Theory and Applications, authors Elizabeth DePoy and Stephen Gilson use a critical thinking approach to engage students to think in depth about theory and its use in social work practice. With a strong focus on diversity, this book expands its theory coverage to include progressive and the most cutting-edge contemporary thinking. The authors skillfully introduce theory, critically examine each theory, including developmental theories, environmental theories, diversity theories, systems theories, and new and emerging theories, and then apply each theory to social work practice providing a synthesis of classical and contemporary theory for scholarly analysis and application to professional, intellectual, and social action.
Author: Frank Honywill George
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9782881241109
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David W. Carroll
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-12-20
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781107553156
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book discusses the development of Edward Tolman's purposive behaviourism from the 1920s to the 1950s, highlighting the tension between his references to cognitive processes and the dominant behaviourist trends. It shows how Tolman incorporated concepts from European scholars, including Egon Brunswik and the Gestalt psychologists, to justify a more purposive form of behaviourism and how the theory evolved in response to the criticisms of his contemporaries. The manuscript also discusses Tolman's political activities, culminating in his role in the California loyalty oath controversy in the 1950s. Tolman was involved in a number of progressive causes during his lifetime, activities that drew the attention of both state legislators in California and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It treats Tolman's theoretical and political activities as emanating from the same source, a desire to understand the learning process in a scientific manner and to apply these concepts to improve the human condition.
Author: Walter W. Staats, PhD
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: 1996-09-03
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 0826193129
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this capstone work, Arthur Staats synthesizes more than four decades of research, theory, and study into a new generation of behaviorism that offers insights and future directions for researchers, professionals, and students. Staats's unified theory of psychological behaviorism builds on current theories in child development, personality, psychological measurement, and abnormal behavior. His theoretical model provides new ways to consider human behavior as a whole that will have implications for research, theory, and practice.