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carlylottsofbookz's review
2.0
This book was not really what I expected, and neither do i feel that I have a better understanding of behaviorism after reading it. I feel like this book was a response to criticisms of behaviorism, and spent a lot of time comparing behaviorism to other theories...but that I couldn't give a more detailed explanation of behaviorism (no more than what I had in my mind before I read this book.
josef_k's review
5.0
De obligatoria lectura.
"El conductismo pide el cambio probablemente más drástico jamás
planteado en nuestro modo de pensar acerca del hombre. Casi
literalmente se trata de dar un vuelco total a la explicación del
comportamiento."
"El conductismo pide el cambio probablemente más drástico jamás
planteado en nuestro modo de pensar acerca del hombre. Casi
literalmente se trata de dar un vuelco total a la explicación del
comportamiento."
shaneb1982's review
5.0
Love Skinner, love behaviorism, love his writing style. Not as fun as Walden II, but this is a necessary book if you are interested in "inside the box" thinking. haha.
nikkidglr's review
I started reading it for school and ended up not needing to continue with it
sorceress_j's review
3.0
Skinner has interesting takes on things like emotion, but ultimately, he's very repetitive and likes to attribute everything to "contingencies." It's borderline amusing how often he uses that word--just don't make a drinking game out of it.
snivystorm's review
3.0
Read it as part of my PGCE. A decent book though what he says in it has been summarised, re-phrased and reused in other, later books in a far more accessible manner.
jessreads82's review
5.0
Groundbreaking book of its time making the difference between Watson’s methodological behaviorism to Skinner’s radical behaviorism. The book itself is fascinating to students of behavior analysis, but I don’t recommend it to anyone with no prior knowledge, or if looking to learn more about Applied Behavior Analysis.
Focuses mostly on contingencies of operant conditioning and reinforcement, as well as why it’s different from other types of psychology.
Focuses mostly on contingencies of operant conditioning and reinforcement, as well as why it’s different from other types of psychology.
bloom_c's review
informative
reflective
slow-paced
1.0
I read this in my freshman year and to top it off it was during quarantine! My professor thought it would be an amazing idea to make a bunch of 17-18 years old kids read this book.
I remember not understanding a single thing Skinner talks about in the book and feeling terrible about it.
I remember not understanding a single thing Skinner talks about in the book and feeling terrible about it.
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