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anomie
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Watson, John B. (1878–1958)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society ...complex behaviors through conditioning from simpler reactions...the concept of emotional conditioning was accepted broadly and...thirty years research on conditioning principles dominated behaviorism...successful application of Skinnerian behavioral principles to...

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Behaviorism
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...would be based on Pavlovian conditioning of involuntary behavior and...Key to Skinner's operant conditioning is the narrow specification...acquisition) that violate Skinnerian assumptions. Consequently...behavioral methodology, operant conditioning has proven essential to fields...

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Humanist profile.
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 3/1/2004; 682 words ; ...experimental psychology from Harvard University. Skinner devoted his life to the study of instrumental conditioning--later called Skinnerian conditioning--advancing research methodology by raising the standards for what was considered acceptable...
American Coriolanus.(General Douglas MacArthur)
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...task of being mother, father, and drill sergeant all in one. Her son is the product of relentless and even Skinnerian conditioning to the perils of war. She boasts that "when he was but tender-bodied" he was raised by her to be a paragon...
CATCHING UP WITH THE CARY GRANT OF CATS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/10/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...touch a prop on command, and eat, or stop eating, whenever Hart gives him the word. The trainer uses Skinnerian behavioral conditioning techniques, rewarding the cat with bits of boiled chicken breast and raw steak. Hart began his career...
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
Magazine article from: Engineer; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...helps a 19 year old overcome his natural aversion to killing. Conditioning soldiers is another element. Both Pavlovian classical conditioning and Skinnerian operant conditioning have roles in training soldiers to kill without thinking about...
Trials of a non- retriever
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 7/16/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...lots of discussion about Pavlovian response and Skinnerian "operant conditioning," as well as one of the weirdest sentences...kind; a real clicker) and practice operant conditioning. Pryor explained that a dog -- in this case...
Operant conditioning and programmed instruction in aphasia rehabilitation.(r)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Holland & Harris, 1968). These principles refer to a Skinnerian or operant model, not a Pavlovian or reflexive model. Systematic...Hershe, & Jinich, 1980) reported efficacy of operant conditioning in reducing fecal incontinence in 12 patients (ages 12...
Native American Postcolonial Psychology
Magazine article from: Journal of Third World Studies; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...pueblo Indian. He received his doctoral clinical training in behavioral psychology, which applies operant conditioning of the Skinnerian model. His early clinical practice with Indian clients convinced him that the behavioral approach fails...
Minding Science: An Update on the Inside of the Outside*
Magazine article from: Constructivism in the Human Sciences; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...symbolic than the simple conditioning of stimulus and response...was harshly criticized by Skinnerian loyalists. Bandura's appeal...that book I challenged the Skinnerian prohibition against "mediational...sciences. Reactions from the Skinnerian right were mostly outrage...
Conservative forum
Magazine article from: Human Events; 5/7/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...violence. The same operant conditioning, upon which school programs...makes. Not so with operant conditioning, where no such transfer...constantly cut off. Operant conditioning experiments on animals have...Direct Instruction based on Skinnerian behaviorist psychology...
An Orton-based operant program for auditory language learning disorders.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...The program utilizes a Skinnerian operant paradigm which generates...Keywords: Orton, operant conditioning, language disorders, dichotic...Skinner (1938). Operant conditioning depends on growth and character...The strength of operant conditioning is the control that can be...