nikkidglr's review against another edition
I started reading it for school and ended up not needing to continue with it
sorceress_j's review against another edition
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.
josef_k's review against another edition
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."
snivystorm's review against another edition
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 against another edition
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.
blomstt's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
Read this as a compulsory book and it was SO slow and obnoxious. I feel like this is the perfect example of using fancy words in a nonsensical way to essentially try to seem like you are actually saying something.
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