Behavior Modification and Operant Psychology: An Anthropological Critique.

Burger, Henry G.

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Publication Date: 1972

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Behavior Modification and Operant Psychology: An Anthropological Critique

Burger, Henry G.

American Educational Research Journal, 9, 3, 343-60, Sum 72

Emphasizing immediacy of time and place of an experiment, operant behaviorism neglects the polymorphism of learning channels, social influence, exchange over time (diachrony) and over space (arbitrage), and institutions, and its proposed solutions disregard the complexities of culture. (Author/MB)

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Environmental Influences, Ethnology, Minority Groups, Operant Conditioning, Psychology, Social Behavior

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