11. Operational behaviorism and current trends in psychology

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Contents XV
4. 1. A new formula for behaviorism 1
5. 2. Can instincts be given up in psychology? 9
6. 3. A behavioristic account of the emotions 23
7. 4. Behaviorism and purpose 32
8. 5. Purpose and cognition: the determiners of animal learning 38
9. 6. A behavioristic theory of ideas 48
10. 7. A behaviorist's definition of consciousness 63
11. 8. Sign-gestalt or conditioned reflex? 69
12. 9. Gestalt and sign-gestalt 77
13. 10. Psychology versus immediate experience 94
14. 11. Operational behaviorism and current trends in psychology 115
15. 12. The acquisition of string pulling by rats-conditioned response or sign-gestalt? 130
16. 13. The determiners of behavior at a choice point 144
17. 14. Physiology, psychology, and sociology 179
18. 15. Prediction of vicarious trial and error by means of the schematic sowbug 190
19. 16. Psychological man 207
20. 17. A drive-conversion diagram 219
21. 18. A stimulus-expectancy need-cathexis psychology 228
22. 19. Cognitive maps in rats and men 241
23. 20. Bibliography of the published work of Edward Chace Tolman 265