Modern Perspectives on B.F. Skinner and Contemporary Behaviorism

A group of respected historians and authorities reassess the role of B. F. Skinner and contemporary behaviorism in the history of 20th-century psychology. This landmark collection provides an interesting mix of modern perspectives to clarify perceptions of the theories and approaches of Skinner and of other radical and contemporary behaviorists. This reevaluation of the philosophical bases and development of behavior analysis offers new interpretation. Psychologists, historians, philosophers, and advanced undergraduates and graduate students will also find the work important for its first-to-date comprehensive bibliography of Skinner’s published works and for its lengthy historiography of important studies dealing with Skinner and behaviorism. This volume is a companion to Modern Perspectives of John B. Watson and Classical Behaviorism edited by Todd and Morris and published by Greenwood Press in 1994.

JAMES T. TODD, Associate Professor of Psychology at Eastern Michigan University, specializes in experimental and applied behavior analysis. He is on the editorial board of The Behavior Analyst and is the president of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan. His articles on the history and misrepresentation of behaviorism have appeared in American Psychologist and in other journals.

EDWARD K. MORRIS is Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Life at the University of Kansas. His research interests include topics in the experimental and conceptual analyses of behavior and in the history and philosophy of psychology. He is a past president of the Association for Behavior Analysis and a fellow in the American Psychological Association. He is coeditor of Behavioral Approaches to Crime and Delinquency (1987). Todd and Morris also collaborated on the companion piece to this title, Modern Perspectives on John B. Watson and Classical Behaviorism (Greenwood, 1994).