Howard Rachlin

Howard Rachlin (1935–2021)[1] was an American psychologist and the founder of teleological behaviorism.[2] He was Emeritus Research Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University in New York.[1] His initial work was in the quantitative analysis of operant behavior in pigeons, on which he worked with William M. Baum, developing ideas from Richard Herrnstein's matching law.[3] He subsequently became one of the founders of Behavioral Economics.[1]

Rachlin in 2007

His most recent research focused on patterns of choice over time and how those patterns affect self-control (on which he worked with George Ainslie), including cooperation over time. His interests in Behavioral Economics included: decision making, the prisoner's dilemma, addiction, and gambling. He was one of the first board members of the Society for Quantitative Analysis of Behavior.

References
  1. Killeen, Peter; Green, Leonard; Neuringer, Allen (November 2021). "Howard Rachlin (1935–2021)". American Psychologist. 76 (8): 1349–1349. doi:10.1037/amp0000908. he was one of the founders of behavioral economics.
  2. "Teleological Behaviorism And Its Implications For Psychology". Pyschologist World. 1 January 2015. While its founder, Howard Rachlin, builds off the writings of Tolman and Bandura, the discipline as a whole tends to hedge closer to the Behavioral side of the Behavioral-Cognitive dichotomy.
  3. "Honorary Members". Polish Society for Behavioral Psychology.

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