Behavior Analysis and Learning 4th & 5th Edition- Pierce [Epub, PDF]

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Behavior Analysis and Learning Fourth Edition AND Fifth Edition
Subject: Psychology/ Behavioral Science

Fourth Edition:
Authors: W. David Pierce and Carl D Cheney
Published: 2008 (Re-issued as an epub 2013)
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780805862607
Format: Retail Epub
Readers (tested on): Adobe Digital Editions, Calibre, MoonReader for Android

Fifth Edition:
Authors: W. David Pierce and Carl D Cheney
Published: 2013
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9781848726154
Format: Retail PDF
Readers (tested on): Adobe Digital Editions, Calibre, Adobe Acrobat Reader
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Behavior Analysis and Learning, Fifth Edition is an essential textbook covering the basic principles in the field of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, as pioneered by B. F. Skinner. The textbook provides an advanced introduction to operant conditioning from a very consistent Skinnerian perspective. It covers a range of principles from basic respondent and operant conditioning through applied behavior analysis into cultural design. Elaborating on Darwinian components and biological connections with behavior, the book treats the topic from a consistent worldview of selectionism. The functional relations between the organism and the environment are described, and their application in accounting for old behavior and generating new behavior is illustrated.

Expanding on concepts of past editions, the fifth edition provides updated coverage of recent literature and the latest findings. There is increased inclusion of biological and neuroscience material, as well as more data correlating behavior with neurological and genetic factors. The chapter on verbal behavior is expanded to include new research on stimulus equivalence and naming; there is also a more detailed and updated analysis of learning by imitation and its possible links to mirror neurons. In the chapter on applied behavior analysis (ABA), new emphasis is given to contingency management of addiction, applications to education, ABA and autism, and prevention and treatment of health-related problems.

The material presented in this book provides the reader with the best available foundation in behavior science and is a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in psychology or other behavior-based disciplines. In addition, a website of supplemental resources for instructors and students makes this new edition even more accessible and student-friendly