At 2:53 PM -0500 5/24/00, Steve Milliser wrote:
>This fall will be teaching an interdisciplinary course that looks at the
>concepts of freedom and non-conformity. While students will be doing
>library research on various aspects of these topics, I would like to
>introduce them to these topics from a psychological perspective.
>
>I believe that Skinner views freedom in terms of environmental
>determinants that are not aversive
Radical behaviorists discuss the different uses of the term "freedom", such
as the conditions under which people describe themselves as behaving freely
(positive reinforcement contingencies); determinants of behavior and
freedom from physical constraint; agency (the individual as an autonomous
agent, an assumption which is rejected by behaviorists).
A good start for discussion of the uses of 'freedom' is the song "Me and
Bobby McGee" ("Freedom's just another word for ...."
>and that Rogers describes freedom in terms of a subjective experience of
>self determination.
>
>Can any of you offer suggestions of other prominent psychologists who have
>attempted to describe freedom in psychological terms?
>
>Thanks in advance for any suggestions I receive.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato *
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