Walden Two

the title of a 1948 novel by B. F. Skinner set in a self-reliant experimental community based on operant conditioning principles of behavior change. The name derives from Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854), a series of essays in which U.S. naturalist and writer Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) describes his experiences of individual self-reliance.

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Psychology term of the day

January 26th 2025

chemotherapy

n. the use of chemical agents to treat diseases, particularly cancer, in which case it is contrasted with radiation therapy. —chemotherapeutic adj. —chemotherapist n.