Principles of Behavior: An Introduction to Behavior Theory

Title Page......Page 1
Preface......Page 3
Foreword to the seventh printing......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 17
Contents......Page 19
I. The Nature of Scientific Theory......Page 23
II. Introduction to an Objective Theory of Behavior......Page 38
III. Stimulus Reception and Organism Survival......Page 54
IV. The Biological Problem of Action and Its Coordination......Page 72
V. Characteristics of Innate Behavior Under Conditions of Need......Page 79
VI. The Acquisition of Receptor-Effector Connections. Primary Reinforcement......Page 90
VII. The Acquisition of Receptor-Effector Connections. Secondary Reinforcement......Page 106
VIII. The Symbolic Construct sHr as a Function of the Number of Reinforcements......Page 124
IX. Habit Strenght as a Function of the Nature and Amount of the Reinforcing Agent......Page 146
X. Habit Strenght and the Time Interval Separating Reaction from Reinforcement......Page 157
XI. Habit Strenght as a Function of the Temporal Relation of the Conditioned Stimulus to the Reaction......Page 187
XII. Stimulus Generalization......Page 205
XIII. Some Functional Dynamics of Compound Conditioned Stimuli......Page 226
XIV. Primary Motivation and Reaction Potential......Page 248
XV. Unadaptive Habits and Experimental Extinction......Page 280
XVI. Inhibition and Effective Reaction Potential......Page 299
XVII. Behavioral Oscillation......Page 326
XVIII. The Reaction Threshold and Response Evocation......Page 344
XIX. The Patterning of Stimulus Compounds......Page 371
XX. General Summary and Conclusions......Page 403
Glossary of Symbols......Page 425
Index of Names......Page 433
Index of Subjects......Page 437