Beyond the Punitive Society: Operant Conditioning: Social and Poltical Aspects

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Operant conditioning is one of the most important contributions to psychology and the social sciences in the past fifty years. The purpose of this book is to present an overview of operant conditioning, a critical evaluation of B. F. Skinner's ideas together with responses to his critics. 1. "Introduction: A Nonpunitive World?", Harvey Wheeler 2. "The Skinnerian Revolution ", John R. Platt 3. "Behavioral Technology And Institutional Transformation", Dennis C. Pirages 4. "Controlled Environments For Social Change", Vitali Rozynko, Kenneth Swift, Josephine Swift, and Larney J. Boggs 5. "Operant Behaviorism: Fad, Fact-Ory, And Fantasy?", Karl H. Pribram 6. "Great Expectations", Arnold Toynbee 7. "Behaviorism's Enlightened Despotism", Chaim Perelman 8. "Some Aversive Responses To A Would-Be Reinforcer", Max Black 9. "Can Any Behavior Be Conditioned?", Robert Rosen 10. "How Good Is Current Behavioral Theory?", John Wilkinson 11. "A System-Theoretic View Of Behavior Modification", L. A. Zadeh 12. "Questions", Fred Warner Neal 13. "Skinner And Human Differences", Arthur R. Jensen 14. "Skinner's New Broom", Alexander Comfort 15. "Beyond B. F. Skinner", Lord Ritchie-Calder 16. "Skinner And 'Freedom And Dignity'", Nathan Rotenstreich 17. "Is He Really A Grand Inquisitor?", Michael Novak 18. "A Quiver Of Queries", Joseph Schwab 19. "Answers For My Critics", B. F. Skinner - References