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Conceptual
Issues in Behavior Analysis |
| Instructor: Dr. Bruce E. Hesse | |
| Texts: About Behaviorism by B. F. Skinner and Radical Behaviorism: The Philosophy and the Science by Mecca Chiesa. Other reading materials will be handed out in class. | |
| Class time and day:
6-9pm Thursday The class meets in Room C202 in Bizzini Hall |
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| Class web: http://psyc.csustan.edu/bhesse/psy5640 | |
| General Course Objectives: Conceptual issues in Behavior Analysis and the Radical Behaviorism of B.F. Skinner will be studied and discussed. Such topics as thinking, verbal behavior, knowledge, the mind, problem solving, phylogeny and ontogeny of behavior will be addressed. The student will critique the assumptions that underlie Radical Behaviorism as a philosophy of science and apply them to cultural practices and the design of cultures. Issues related to "rule-governed behavior" and the principle of selection by consequences will be addressed. | |
This page was updated on 02/14/07 |
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