ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1985, Behaviour Analysis and Contemporary Psychology presents chapters from the first European Meeting on the Experimental Analysis of Behaviour. The book is divided into six parts and provides a useful account of issues and work in behaviour analysis by both European and North American contributors at the time. The first part provides an introduction, with following parts looking at behaviourist and ethological approaches; determinants of human operant behaviour; fundamental research and behaviour modification; recent developments in the behavioural analysis of drug effects; ending with an overview of contemporary behaviourism.

part I|40 pages

Introduction

part II|54 pages

Behaviourist and Ethological Approaches

chapter 4|10 pages

Operant Psychology and Ethology

Failures and Successes in Interdisciplinary Interaction

part III|62 pages

Determinants of Human Operant Behaviour

chapter 7|20 pages

On the Generality of Behavioural Principles

Human Choice and the Matching Law

chapter 8|18 pages

Human Behaviour as Operant Behaviour

An Empirical or Conceptual Issue?

part IV|28 pages

Fundamental Research and Behaviour Modification

chapter 11|6 pages

Autistic Behaviour

Fundamental Research and Applied Analysis

part V|72 pages

Recent Developments in the Behavioural Analysis of Drug Effects

part VI|25 pages

Conclusion

chapter 16|23 pages

Contemporary Behaviourism

A Brief Overview