Behaviour Analysis and Contemporary Psychology

C. Fergus Lowe, Marc Richelle, Derek E. Blackman, C. M. Bradshaw

List of Contributors. Part I: Introduction 1. Behaviour Analysis and Contemporary Psychology M. Richelle 2. European Roots and Behaviourism and Recent Developments J-F. Le Ny 3. The Evolution of Behaviour B. F. Skinner Part II: Behaviourist and Ethological Approaches: Complementary or Antagonistic? 4. Operant Psychology and Ethology: Failures and Successes in Interdisciplinary Interaction S.E.G. Lea 5. The Peck of the Pigeon: Free for All J.D. Delius 6. The Comparative Psychology of Operant Behaviour J.E.R. Staddon Part III: Determinants of Human Operant Behaviour 7. On the Generality of Behavioural Principles: Human Choice and the Matching Law C.F. Lowe and P.J. Horne 8. Human Behaviour as Operant Behaviour: An Empirical or Conceptual Issue? E. Ribes 9. Rule-governed Behaviour and the Origins of Language A.C. Catania Part IV: Fundamental Research and Behaviour Modification 10. Fundamental Research and Behaviour Modification J. Michael 11. Autistic Behaviour: Fundamental Research and Applied Analysis A. Brekstad 12. Behaviour Modification and Neuropsychology X. Seron Part V: Recent Developments in the Behavioural Analysis of Drug Effects 13. Treatment-behaviour Interactions in Activity/Habituation and Avoidance: State Changes and Pre-exposure to CS, US, and Drug G. Bignami, V. Giardini and E. Alleva 14. Drug Discrimination and the Behavioural Analysis of Drug Action F.C. Colpaert 15. Rate-Independent Approaches to the Analysis of Drug Action T. W. Robbins and J.L. Evenden Part VI: Conclusion 16. Contemporary Behaviourism: A Brief Overview D.E. Blackman. Author Index. Subject Index.