The Goal of B. F. Skinner and Behavior AnalysisIn this new volume in Springer Verlag's series "Recent Research in Psychology", Drs. Proctor and Weeks examine what has long been a "self asserted superiority" of behavior analysts and Skinnerian researchers. Most behavior analytic views derive from the philosophy of radical behaviorism, as conceived by B. F. Skinner, and prescribe a "world view" where environmental contingencies determine all aspects of behavior. This view necessarily assumes all