Science and Human Behavior, B.F. Skinner
Science and Human Behavior, B.F. Skinner
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Science and Human Behavior

Author: B.F. Skinner

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Unabridged: 19 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/16/2018


Synopsis

The psychology classic—a detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled—from one of the most influential behaviorists of the twentieth century and the author of Walden Two.

About B.F. Skinner

Burrhus Frederic Skinner, commonly known as B. F. Skinner, was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Morgan on May 17, 2019

OMG!!! So I finally finished this thing. It’s an amazingly brilliant book by an absolute genius visionary hero of science. And..... It was a GHASTLY experience of a read. Not all together unpleasant. But a real feat of endurance to complete. Behaviorism has various levels of language (Bx-Speak). Upper lev......more

Goodreads review by Janette on December 23, 2013

Reading this book for school, but it's a topic that would interest me anyway. Some of Skinner's assertions are hard to swallow (goodbye free-will!), but examining and explaining behavior from a strictly scientific perspective makes so much sense.......more

Goodreads review by Meghan on October 20, 2011

Reinforcements do shape behavior... But not enough to explain away human thought, music, and art. Ignore the dogmatic extensions of the theory and one will find a wealth of potential.......more

Goodreads review by ExtraGravy on August 28, 2024

That ending hit hard. What a great way to close out the book! Superb.......more

Goodreads review by Robert on July 23, 2024

Being a student of psychology I found very difficult to find some modern literature on behaviorism. Behaviorism has in fact almost disappeared from mainstream psychology which now bubbles with cognitive neuroscience and so on. Being quite difficult to retrieve some basic theory text on behaviorism I......more