Operant Psychology and the Study of Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2188510 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J A Jones (0000-0001-7294-1916), Jocelyn Jones (0000-0001-6260-0472, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 171-189 |
| Publication date | 1971-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/201188 |
| OpenAlex | W2057337610 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
Anthropologists have not adequately explored the possibility of adapting the procedures developed in operant psychology laboratories to study free societies. These procedures are based on assumptions consonant with those in the biological sciences, and provide mechanisms for the scientific study of human behavior. They are particularly useful in dynamic, as opposed to static, structural approaches
Behavioural sciences · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Comparative psychology · Consonant · Epistemology · Linguistics · Operant conditioning · Reinforcement · Social science · Sociology · Categorization, perception, and language · Child and Animal Learning Development · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity
The quest for certainty
Child training and personality
Science and Human Behavior
Schedules of reinforcement.
Teaching Sign Language to a Chimpanzee
Variations in Value Orientations
The Psychological Frontiers of Society
A Scientific Theory of Culture and Other Essays
Rise of Anthropological Theory
Foster's Reply to Kaplan, Saler, and Bennett
On the Anthropological Study of Economies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 2000 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |