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Control [electronic resource] : a history of behavioral psychology / John A. Mills.

By: Mills, John A.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c1998Description: xii, 246 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Behaviorism (Psychology) -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 150.19/43/09 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction: shaping a profession: behaviorism in American psychology -- The birth of psychological behaviorism -- From apogee to perigee: radical behaviorism appears but fails to take root -- The conceptual basis of neobehaviorism and behavioral science -- The behaviorist as research manager: clark L. hull and the Writing of principles of behavior -- The behaviorist as philosopher: B. F. Skinner -- Behaviorists as social engineers: behavior modification applied to abnormal psychology -- Faithful unto this last: the neobehaviorist hegemony.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-238) and index.

Introduction: shaping a profession: behaviorism in American psychology -- The birth of psychological behaviorism -- From apogee to perigee: radical behaviorism appears but fails to take root -- The conceptual basis of neobehaviorism and behavioral science -- The behaviorist as research manager: clark L. hull and the Writing of principles of behavior -- The behaviorist as philosopher: B. F. Skinner -- Behaviorists as social engineers: behavior modification applied to abnormal psychology -- Faithful unto this last: the neobehaviorist hegemony.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2005. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.