Reinforcement in the Sixteenth Century: Was the Bard a Behaviorist?

the implied reader in 18th century literary criticism

this thesis is going to delineate the concept of the reader as implied in 18th century literary theory; based on the study of the major reader oriented elements of criticism of the age-taste, the sublime, and aesthetic pleasure-its aim is to explain what sott of reader is implied and what kind of response on the part of the reader is proposed in 18th century english literary theory and aestheti...

A behaviorist manifesto for the 21st century

Observational assessment of behavior is a core measurement tool in modern psychological research and practice. Despite the importance of observational assessment and the tremendous amount of research devoted to refining and enhancing the methodological foundations of these tools, current best practices still bear a strong resemblance to those from three decades prior. The emergent field of beha...

How blood was let in the sixteenth century: Jacques Guillemeau, La Chirurgie Françoise... 1594.

The Vesalian movement in sixteenth-century Spain.

In the middle o f the s ix teenth-century under the direct inf luence o f Vesalius's works there arose in Spain a m o v e m e n t devoted to the renewal o f anatomical knowledge. It was one o f the initial forces in the spread o f the Vesalian reform, bu t in spite o f that it has been almost comple te ly ignored by specialized historical research. 1 The purpose o f this article is to provide a...

The Role of Language in Accusations of Witchcraft in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spain

Linguistic factors played a significant role in the origin and spread of accusations of witchcraft in Early Modern Spain. The preoccupation with witches’ words is at its root a preoccupation about the power of speech and, to a great extent, of female speech. Studies in some Early European countries have connected aggressive female speech styles with accusations of witchcraft, and this article o...