Behaviorism


About Behaviorism
Beyond Freedom and Dignity
Science and Human Behavior
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Walden Two (Hackett Classics)
Understanding Behaviorism: Behavior, Culture, and Evolution
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Behavior of Organisms (Official B. F. Skinner Foundation Reprint Series / paperback edition)
Verbal Behavior (Official B. F. Skinner Foundation Reprint Series / paperback edition)
A Matter of Consequences
Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions
The Laws of Human Nature
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
The Science of Self-Control
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Applied Behavior Analysis
30 books — 27 voters
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Behaviorism
112 books — 29 voters


Frank Herbert
Behavioral engineering in all of its manifestations always degenerates into merciless manipulation. It reduces all (manipulators and manipulated alike) to a deadly "mass effect." The central assumption, that manipulation of individual personalities can achieve uniform behavioral responses, has been exposed as a lie by many species but never with more telling effect than by the Gowachin on Dosadi. — The Dosadi Papers, BuSab reference ...more
Frank Herbert, The Dosadi Experiment

Taking away a child's stims doesn't take away their need to self-regulate; instead, it forces them into new habits that can cause long-term side effects and harm, including severe anxiety disorder, depression and emotional dysregulation. In 50 per cent of cases where therapy is used to stop an autistic child from stimming, the child has come out with symptoms that meet the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder. ...more
Chloé Hayden, Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

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