Understanding Behaviorism: Behavior, Culture, and Evolution

Understanding Behaviorismis a classic textbook that explains the basis of behavior analysis and its application to human problems in a scholarly but accessible manner.

• Now in its third edition, the text has been substantially updated to include the latest developments over the last decade in behaviour analysis, evolutionary theory, and cultural evolution theory
• The only book available that explains behavior analysis and applies it to philosophical and practical problems, written by one of today’s best-known and most highly respected behaviorists
• Explores ancient concepts such as purpose, language, knowledge, and thought, as well as applying behavioural thinking to contemporary social issues like freedom, democracy, and culture
• Part of the new evolutionary perspective for understanding individual behavior in general and culture in particular – culminates with practical approaches to improving the lives of all humanity

Keywords: Behaviorism; objective psychology; comparative psychology; early behaviorism; free will; determinism; free will; folk psychology; mentalism; Ryle; para-mechanical hypothesis; molar behaviorism; phylogenetic influences; stimulus control; discriminative stimuli; pragmatism; contextualism; verbal behaviour; precurrent behavior; verbal activities; selective breeding; transmission; biological evolution; rule-governed behavior, Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy of Science