Science And Human Behavior
A detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled.
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- Science and human behavior - BF Skinner PDF available for free from the Skinner foundation: http://www.bfskinner.org/newtestsite/wp-content/uploads/2014...
Skinner's views on human behavior evolved a bit after this book was publish until he died but this book was my first contact with his ideas.
This book changed the way I view humans (myself included). It made me more empathic. It allowed me to unified many concepts of human/animal behavior and AI.
- The concept of positive reinforcement to shape the behavior of children and animals comes from the work of B. F. Skinner [1], the world's most widely known and influential behaviorist psychologist.
Key Works
* 1938 The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis
* 1948 Walden Two
* 1953 Science and Human Behavior
* 1957 Verbal Behavior
* 1971 Beyond Freedom and Dignity
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner
As an aside, this is the reason that it's important to have some understanding of the liberal arts along with formal training in math and computer science.
