Theory in Behavior Analysis

3 credits · Peabody College - Professional

This course provides an introduction to B.F. Skinner's foundational philosophical groundwork (i.e., "radical behaviorism") for a natural science of behavior as well as contemporary extensions of Skinner's analysis. The purpose of this course is to expose students to a purely environmental theoretical account of both "public" and "private" human behavior. Understanding how operant and respondent conditioning, among other processes, can interact to shape complex processes such as speaking, thinking, feeling, and problem solving supports the development of useful hypotheses about the influence of the environment on behavior, and design of effective treatments. [3]