Behavior and personality [[electronic resource] ] : psychological behaviorism / / Arthur W. Staats

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782648303321
• Autore: Staats Arthur W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer, c1996
• ISBN: 1-281-81874-7; 9786611818746; 0-8261-9312-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (465 p.)
• Collana: Springer series on behavior therapy and behavioral medicine
• Disciplina: 150.19/43; 155.2
• Soggetti: Behaviorism (Psychology); Personality
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-427) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Behaviorizing Psychology and Psychologizing Behaviorism: A New Unified Approach; 2 The Basic Learning/Behavior Theory; 3 The Human Learning/Cognitive Theory; 4 The Child Development and Social Interaction Theories; 5 The Theory of Personality: Basic Structure; 6 The Theory of Personality: Content; 7 The Theory of Abnormal Personality and Behavior; 8 Psychological Behavior Therapy/Analysis; 9 A New Type of Theory: Formally and Heuristically; References/Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this capstone work, Arthur Staats synthesizes more than four decades of research, theory, and study into a new generation of behaviorism that offers insights and future directions for researchers, professionals, and students. Staats's unified theory of psychological behaviorism builds on current theories in child development, personality, psychological measurement, and abnormal behavior. His theoretical model provides new ways to consider human behavior as a whole that will have implications for research, theory, and practice.