NCJ Number
42525
Editor(s)
H WHEELER
Date Published
1973
Length
282 pages
Annotation
THIS ANTHOLOGY PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF OPERANT CONDITIONING, A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF B.F. SKINNER'S IDEAS, TOGETHER WITH RESPONSES TO HIS CRITICS.
Abstract
THE CHAPTERS OF THIS BOOK WERE COMMISSIONED BY THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS FOR A SYMPOSIUM IN SANTA BARBARA, AT WHICH B.F. SKINNER WAS PRESENT. A PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE SYMPOSIUM WAS TO PREPARE FOR A TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF OPERANT CONDITIONING. THE EDITOR PREDICTS THAT JUST AS WE PRESENTLY ASSESS TECHNOLOGIES DERIVING FROM THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES, SO SHALL THE FUTURE INCLUDE SUCH ASSESSMENTS FOR SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES. WITH OPERANT CONDITIONING SERVING AS A MODEL, THIS BOOK EXPLORES SOME OF THE APPROACHES THAT MAY BE USEFUL IN DOING SO....RCB