Introduction to educational psychology an operant conditioning approach - Pitts, Carl E. (New York Crowell, 1971)
pt. 1. The way things are: -- Describing the way things are -- What is this thing called science? -- Psychology and the scientific process -- A case study -- Observation -- Obvious and not-so-obvious measures -- Sociometry -- Research and ethics -- pt. 2. Changing behavior: -- A brief essay on the occasion of choice -- A basis for applying a psychology of learning -- The strengthening of selected behaviors -- Shaping: the step-by-step process -- Changing undesireable behavior -- More about reinforcers -- pt. 3. Where are you going?: -- And how do you know when you get there? -- The cognitive domain -- The affective domain -- pt. 4. Analytic tools: -- How to handle data -- Descriptive graphing -- Statistics 1 -- Statistics 2.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Operant conditioning; Educational psychology