The case against B. F. Skinner 45 years later: An encounter with N. Chomsky

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-251

  Virués Ortega, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behaviorism; Chomsky; Cognitivism; Skinner; Verbal Behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORISM; COGNITIVISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; WAR;

EID: 33845503914     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03392133     Document Type: Review

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