7th Edition

Behavior Analysis and Learning A Biobehavioral Approach

690 Pages 205 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

690 Pages 205 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

690 Pages 205 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Using a behavioral perspective, Behavior Analysis and Learning provides an advanced introduction to the principles of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, covering a full range of principles from basic respondent and operant conditioning through applied behavior analysis into cultural design. The text uses Darwinian, neurophysiological, and biological theories and research to inform B. F.... Read more
  1. A Science of Behavior: Perspective, History, and Assumptions
  2. The Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  3. Reflexive Behavior and Respondent Conditioning
  4. Reinforcement and Extinction of Operant Behavior
  5. Schedules of Reinforcement
  6. Aversive Control of Behavior
  7. Operant–Respondent Interrelationships: The Biological Context of Conditioning
  8. Stimulus Control
  9. Choice and Preference
  10. Conditioned Reinforcement
  11. Correspondence Relations: Imitation and Rule-Governed Behavior
  12. Verbal Behavior
  13. Applied Behavior Analysis
  14. Three Levels of Selection: Biology, Behavior, and Culture

Biography

Erin B. Rasmussen is Professor of Psychology at Idaho State University, USA.

Casey J. Clay is Director of Behavior Programs at the Thompson Autism Center at Children’s Hospital Orange County in California, USA.

W. David Pierce (1945-2020) was a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Carl D. Cheney is Professor, Emeritus, of Psychology at Utah State University, USA.