Defining the 'field at a given time.'

The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis

F. Nowell Jones, B. F. Skinner · The American Journal of Psychology · 1939 · 4.4K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Psychology +9

Purposive Behavior in Animals and Men

Cult Rodhom, E. C. Tolman · The American Journal of Psychology · 1950 · 2.5K citations

Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +3

Organismic achievement and environmental probability.

Egon Brunswik · Psychological Review · 1943 · 716 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Environmental Psychology +2

A theoretical interpretation of shifts in level of aspiration.

Léon Festinger · Psychological Review · 1942 · 155 citations

Medicine, Change Management, Pattern Formation +2

The problem of intervening variables in molar behavior theory.

C. L. Hull · Psychological Review · 1943 · 109 citations

Public Health, Psychology, Causal Inference +3