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Tables of Contents for Cognition, Creativity and Behavior
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
xi
Introduction
xiii
Part I GENERATIVITY AND CREATIVITY
Just How Predictable Is Human Behavior?
3
10
Generativity Theory and Creativity
13
24
Bringing Cognition and Creativity into the Behavioral Laboratory
37
14
How to Get a Great Idea
51
12
Part II THE COLUMBAN SIMULATIONS
Symbolic Communication Between Two Pigeons (Columba livia domestica)
63
6
``Self-Awareness'' in the Pigeon
69
4
The Spontaneous Use of Memoranda by Pigeons
73
4
The Spontaneous Use of a Tool by a Pigeon
77
6
``Insight'' in the Pigeon: Antecedents and Determinants of an Intelligent Performance
83
6
The Spontaneous Interconnection of Three Repertoires
89
10
The Spontaneous Interconnection of Four Repertoires
99
8
Simulation Research in the Analysis of Behavior
107
18
Part III RESURGENCE, IMITATION, AND SELF-CONTROL
Resurgence of Responding after the Cessation of Response-Independent Reinforcement
125
6
Resurgence of Previously Reinforced Behavior During Extinction
131
6
Extinction-Induced Resurgence. Preliminary Investigations and Possible Applications
137
10
Spontaneous and Deferred Imitation in the Pigeon
147
6
An Effect of Immediate Reinforcement and Delayed Punishment, with Possible Implications for Self-Control
153
12
Part IV BEYOND BEHAVIORISM: THE CASE FOR A SCIENCE OF BEHAVIOR
The Case for Praxics
165
24
Why the Devotion to Behaviorism?
189
4
Final Comments on Praxics
193
8
Part V B. F. SKINNER
Our Most Unforgettable Character
201
6
Behaviorist at Fifty
207
2
Skinner, Creativity, and the Problem of Spontaneous Behavior
209
14
In the Yellow Wood
223
6
Part VI COGITATIONS
The Myth of Categorization
229
8
The Principle of Parsimony and Some Applications in Psychology
237
10
The Positive Side Effects of Reinforcement
247
8
Should You Punish Your Child?
255
12
The Quest for the Thinking Computer
267
12
The Self-Concept and Other Daemons
279
24
Part VII GROWING OLDER
Growing Older, or What Else I Learned in Graduate School
303
4
Another Breakthrough in Data Interpretation at Harvard
307
2
Why the Cognitivists Hate the Behaviorists: The Pecker-Envy Hypothesis
309
4
A Day of Peace on Earth
313
2
References
315
30
Index
345