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John E. R. Staddon

John E. R. Staddon

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience
Psychology & Neuroscience
jers@duke.edu
Box 90086, Durham, NC 27708-0086
242 Soc/Psych Building, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Books

Inevitable Differences An Inquiry Into Human Variation

Book · 2026 This book is an attempt to look at human difference from an even-handed evolutionary point of view. We should recognize behavioral variation, make a place for everyone, and, above all, celebrate excellence. ... Open Access Cite

Introduction

Book · February 22, 2022 Full text Cite

Handbook of operant behavior

Book · February 22, 2022 This classic edition of the Handbook of Operant Behavior presents seminal work in the field of learning and behavior, foreshadowing a new direction for learning research, and presenting many questions that remain unanswered. Featuring impressive contributi ... Full text Cite

The New Behaviorism: Foundations of Behavioral Science

Book · May 27, 2021 This ground-breaking book presents a brief history of behaviorism, along with a critical analysis of radical behaviorism, its philosophy and its applications to social issues. This third edition is much expanded and includes a new chapter on experimental m ... Full text Cite

Scientific method: How science works, fails to work, and pretends to work

Book · December 1, 2017 Featured Publication This book shows how science works, fails to work, or pretends to work, by looking at examples from such diverse fields as physics, biomedicine, psychology, and economics. Social science affects our lives every day through the predictions of experts and the ... Full text Open Access Cite

Adaptive Behavior and Learning: Second Edition

Book · March 7, 2016 Every day at about 4:30, Jazz, a Hungarian Vizsla dog, leaps up on the sofa and looks out for his owner who always comes home at 5:00. He doesn't need an internal clock because he has an acute sense of smell that allows him to measure how long his master h ... Full text Cite

Adaptive Behavior and Learning

Book · February 29, 2016 Summarizes the current state of both theoretical and experimental knowledge about learning in animals. ... Open Access Cite

NEURAL NETWORK MODELS OF CONDITIONING AND ACTION

Book · January 1, 2016 Originally published in 1991, this title was the result of a symposium held at Harvard University. It presents some of the exciting interdisciplinary developments of the time that clarify how animals and people learn to behave adaptively in a rapidly chang ... Full text Cite

Scientific Method

Book · 2015 How science works, fails to work or pretends to work. ... Open Access Cite

The new behaviorism, second edition

Book · January 1, 2014 This second edition is a completely rewritten and much expanded version of the first edition, published nearly 15 years earlier. It surveys what changes have occurred within behaviorism and whether it has maintained its influence on experimental cognitive ... Full text Open Access Cite

The Malign Hand of the Markets: The Insidious Forces on Wall Street that are Destroying Financial Markets – and What We Can Do About it

Book · June 15, 2012 But Duke University professor John Staddon is here to tell that there’s also another, darker force at work on Wall Street—a “Malign Hand” that guides all human interactions, including our finances. ... Open Access Cite

Scientific Method

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