Overview
Proposes a conceptual framework based on Skinner's three-term contingency to analyze cultural practices
Argues in favor of a relational approach to study behavior and identifies its theoretical foundations in the philosophy of Ernst Mach
Shows how behavior analysis can be applied to build a more fair and sustainable society through cultural planning
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Cultural behavior analysis
- Radical behavorism
- Cultural analysis
- Behavior analysis
- B.F. Skinner
- Three-term contingency
- Metacontingency
- Psychological theories
- Epistemology and psychology
- Ernst Mach
- Functional relations
- Relational complexity
- Cultural practices and behavior
- Cultural planning
- Cultural designs
- Selection by consequences
- Prosocial behavior
- Altruism
- Functional analysis of culture
About this book
The author argues in favor of a relational approach to study behavior and identifies its theoretical foundations in the philosophy of Ernst Mach, especially in Mach’s concept of functional relations and its influence on Skinner. Departing from this theoretical framework, the author argues that behavior can only be studied through the analysis of how it emerges from relations, and cannot be explained by hypothetical constructs such as cognitive maps, personality formation mechanisms, drives, traits and preconceived motivational forces.
Radical Behaviorism and Cultural Analysis will be of interest to psychology researchers and students interested in the theoretical foundations of behavior analysis, as well as to social scientists and policy makers from other areas interested in how behavior analysis can be used to study complex social interactions and how it can be applied to build a more fair and sustainable society through cultural planning and the development of prosocial behavior.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Kester Carrara holds a Productivity Fellowship from the CNPq (Brazilian National Research Council). He has been the general Portuguese language editor for the Acta Comportamentalia periodical and is an associate professor (III) at the Psychology Department of the Faculty of Sciences at the Bauru campus of the São Paulo State University (Unesp) in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. He holds a Masters degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1981) a Ph.D., from Unesp (1996) and post-doctoral qualification (Livre docência) from the same university (2003). He has also taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Education and in Philosophy in Unesp’s Faculty of Philosophy at the University’s Marília campus. He has had various articles published in prestigious periodicals and has written books and chapters of books. He is a frequent reference in the Editora Unesp’s Behaviorismo Radical: crítica e metacrítica (Radical Behaviorism: criticism and metacriticism). He has tutored various undergraduate research projects and students taking Masters, Ph.D. and post Ph.D. courses in the areas of Education and Philosophy. Currently he is a researcher and a teacher/tutor in the Graduate program in the Psychology of Learning and Development certified by the Brazilian National Coordinating Body for Training University-Level Personnel (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Capes). He was the program’s first coordinator in the period 2005 to 2007. Since 1974 he has been participating in research projects in the area of Psychology especially with a Behavior Analysis approach. In his current activities priority is given to History, Theories and Systems in Psychology, the Epistemology of Radical Behaviorism and the Behavior Analysis of Culture. In the aspect of academic administration he has been a member of various councils and committees and head of the teaching department on several occasions. From 2000 to 2003 he was Director General of the Faculty of Philosophy and Sciences at Unesp’s Marília campus and on August 17, 2015 he was awarded an Honorary and Lifelong Accreditation Certificate by the Brazilian Association of Psychotherapy and Behavioral Medicine for his “contributions to the development of Behavior Analysis in research, teaching and application and for making the area better-known in Brazil” (Certificate No 021/2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Radical Behaviorism and Cultural Analysis
Authors: Kester Carrara
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74301-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74300-4Published: 14 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08959-7Published: 02 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74301-1Published: 05 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 104
Additional Information: Jointly published with Editora Unesp, São Paulo. Original Portuguese edition published by Editora Unesp, São Paulo, Brazil, 2015
Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind