<p>A great open lecture set is Human Behavioral Biology by Robert Sopolsky through Stanford. It's on YouTube.  I also recommend Paul Bloom's Intro to Psych through Yale open courses. </p>

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2014-01-15T16:54:04.447Z
Thank you very much for that. It's a shame I couldn't accept both yours and @caseyr547's answers.
darshandzend
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Keegan Keplinger
<p>Karen Pryor's book <em>Don't Shoot the Dog</em> is an ideal introduction to Behaviorism for the layman.</p>

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Could you elaborate on why it's good?
Jeromy Anglim
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user7786
<p>I've developed an interest in Behavioral Psychology. I don't have any background and I'm not taking any Psychology course or anything. I just want to learn. I was wondering if there's a good "Beginners" book on this topic, or a good place to start. Googling returned varied results, which confused me.</p>

<p><strong>Summing up what I'm looking for:</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>An ordered series of Book titles (ordered by beginner level to expert level)</li>
<li>A website/blog/forum to follow</li>
</ul>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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A good place to start learning Behaviorism for a Newbie?
darshandzend
# A good place to start learning Behaviorism for a Newbie?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-14)

I've developed an interest in Behavioral Psychology. I don't have any background and I'm not taking any Psychology course or anything. I just want to learn. I was wondering if there's a good "Beginners" book on this topic, or a good place to start. Googling returned varied results, which confused me.

**Summing up what I'm looking for:**

* An ordered series of Book titles (ordered by beginner level to expert level)
* A website/blog/forum to follow

Thank you.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-01-15. Score: 4

A great open lecture set is Human Behavioral Biology by Robert Sopolsky through Stanford. It's on YouTube. I also recommend Paul Bloom's Intro to Psych through Yale open courses.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you very much for that. It's a shame I couldn't accept both yours and @caseyr547's answers.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-02-28. Score: 0

Karen Pryor's book *Don't Shoot the Dog* is an ideal introduction to Behaviorism for the layman.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Could you elaborate on why it's good?  

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