Author:
Mills, John A.
Imprint:New York : New York University Press, c1998.
Descriptionxii, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-238) and index.
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