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B.F. Skinner - Upon Further Reflection

Skinner, B.F. Upon Further Reflection . Century Psychology Series. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall, 1987. Like Reflections on Behaviorism and Society, this is not a book to be read straight through. There is no central theme beyond the commitment to an experimental analysis of behavior and its use in the interpretation of human affairs. The book moves from the very general (the three chapters on global problems in Part I) to the very particular (the four chapters, for specialists only, on the experimental analysis of operant behavior in Part V). The three chapters in Part II analyze the role of selection by consequences in evolution and operant conditioning. The chapters in Part III are criticisms of the cognitive approach to human behavior in psychology and education. The chapters in Part IV apply an operant analysis to self-management in writing papers and growing old. Because the papers were written to be read separately, they may be read in any order. There is some repetition, but none, I hope, beyond a helpful emphasis of a few basic points. Professor Barbara Ross has done much to improve the ease with which these papers can be read and understood. I am greatly indebted t

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