Quantitative Analysis of Behavior: Discriminative Properties of Reinforcement Schedules

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Herrnstein, Richard J.

Rachlin, Howard

Commons, Michael L.

Psychology & Counseling

Pergamon Pr

Behaviorism in everyday life (A Spectrum book)

PRENTICE/HALL

This book attempts to synthesize two apparently contradictory views of psychology: as the science of internal mental mechanisms and as the science of complex external behavior. Most books in the psychology and philosophy of mind reject one approach while championing the other, but Rachlin argues that the two approaches are complementary rather than contradictory. Rejection of either involves disregarding vast sources of information vital to solving pressing human problems--in the areas of addiction, mental illness, education, crime, and decision-making, to name but a few. Where previous books have focused either on psychology as an abstract science of the mind or as a strictly empirical approach to behavioral problems, this is the only book that attempts to show how the best modern theoretical work on mental mechanisms relates to the best modern empirical work on complex behavioral problems. It will be of considerable interest to psychologists and philosophers across many disciplines and perspectives.

Behavior and Mind: The Roots of Modern Psychology

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

This book proposes a new science of self-control based on the principles of behavioral psychology and economics. Claiming that insight and self-knowledge are insufficient for controlling one's behavior, Howard Rachlin argues that the only way to achieve such control--and ultimately happiness--is through the development of harmonious patterns of behavior.
Most personal problems with self-control arise because people have difficulty delaying immediate gratification for a better future reward. The alcoholic prefers to drink now. If she is feeling good, a drink will make her feel better. If she is feeling bad, a drink will make her feel better. The problem is that drinking will eventually make her feel worse. This sequence--the consistent choice of a highly valued particular act (such as having a drink or a smoke) that leads to a low-valued pattern of acts--is called "the primrose path."
To avoid it, the author presents a strategy of "soft commitment," consisting of the development of valuable patterns of behavior that bridge over individual temptations. He also proposes, from economics, the concept of the substitutability of "positive addictions," such as social activity or exercise, for "negative addictions," such as drug abuse or overeating.
Self-control may be seen as the interaction with one's own future self. Howard Rachlin shows that indeed the value of the whole--of one's whole life--is far greater than the sum of the values of its individual parts.

The Science of Self-Control

Harvard University Press

Introduction to modern behaviorism

Introduction to Modern Behaviorism [paperback] Rachlin, Howard [Oct 25, 1976]

W.H.Freeman

"Introduction to Modern Behaviorism" presents the framework of behaviourism in a concise way. In the third edition, while retaining the features of previous editions, Rachlin expands his coverage of basic learning principles to include research developments in both classical and instrumental conditioning, animal cognition, language, context, and self control.

Book is used and has been withdrawn from service from a Library. Book has a Library Binding and the usual Library Stamps, Stickers, Card Holder, Library Markings. May or May Not have a Dust Jacket.

Behavior and learning

Introduction to Modern Behaviorism

Judgment, Decision, and Choice: A Cognitive/Behavioral Synthesis (SERIES OF BOOKS IN PSYCHOLOGY)

W.H.Freeman & Co.

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