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Behavior Analysis and Learning, 5th Edition by W. David Pierce, Carl D. Cheney is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Behavior Analysis and Learning, Fifth Edition is an essential textbook covering the basic principles in the field of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, as pioneered by B. F. Skinner. The textbook provides an advanced introduction to operant conditioning from a very consistent Skinnerian perspective. It covers a range of principles from basic respondent and operant conditioning through applied behavior analysis into cultural design. Elaborating on Darwinian components and biological connections with behavior, the book treats the topic from a consistent worldview of selectionism. The functional relations between the organism and the environment are described, and their application in accounting for old behavior and generating new behavior is illustrated. Expanding on concepts of past editions, the fifth edition provides updated coverage of recent literature and the latest findings. There is increased inclusion of biological and neuroscience material, as well as more data correlating behavior with neurological and genetic factors. The chapter on verbal behavior is expanded to include new research on stimulus equivalence and naming; there is also a more detailed and updated analy

Who reads Behavior Analysis and Learning, 5th Edition?

Author

W. David Pierce, Carl D. Cheney

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781848726154

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Social_sciences

Updated

2026-03-24