Behavior And Its Causes
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Behavior And Its Causes
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Author : T.L. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-04-17
Behavior And Its Causes written by T.L. Smith and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-17 with Philosophy categories.
This series will include monographs and collections of studies devoted to the investigation and exploration of knowledge, information, and data-processing systems of all kinds, no matter whether human, (other) animal, or machine. Its scope is intended to span the full range of interests from classical problems in the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology through issues in cognitive psychology and sociobiology (concerning the mental capabilities of other species) to ideas related to artificial intelligence and computer science. While primary emphasis will be placed upon theoretical, conceptual, and epistemological aspects of these problems and domains, empirical, experimental, and methodological studies will also appear from time to time. While most philosophers and psychologists tend to believe that the rise of cognitive psychology has occurred concomitant with the decline of operant psychology, Terry L. Smith contends that nothing could be further from the truth. He maintains that operant psychology has discovered (and continues to discover) reasonably well-confirmed causal principles of intentional behavior, which go beyond what cognitive psychology can provide, while cognitive psychology, in tum, has the potential to supply analyses (and explanations) that account for them. Smith thus advances a surprising but nonetheless illuminating perspective for appreciating the place of operant conditioning within the discipline of psychology in this rich and fascinating work. J. H. F.
Behavior And Its Causes
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Author : T L Smith
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-01-15
Behavior And Its Causes written by T L Smith and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-15 with categories.
The rise of cognitive science in the 1960s was widely heralded as a scientific revolution -- an interpretation that implied the decline and eventual death of behavioral psychology. Although many forms of behavioral psychology did indeed disappear, there was a striking exception: the program of operant psychology founded by B.F. Skinner. This program actually grew at a rapid pace during the cognitive revolution' and shows no signs of fading away. What, then, is its place within psychology, and in particular, what is its relationship with cognitive psychology? This book attempts to answer that question. Distinguishing between operant psychology and the philosophy of radical behaviorism, it concludes that even though radical behaviorism may have been a failure, the operant program of research has been a success. Furthermore, operant psychology and cognitive psychology complement one another, each having its own domain within which it contributes something valuable to, but beyond the reach of, the other.
Hearings
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Author : United States. Congress Senate
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
Hearings written by United States. Congress Senate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with categories.
The Causes Of Human Behavior
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Author : Lawrence B. Mohr
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2009-04-30
The Causes Of Human Behavior written by Lawrence B. Mohr and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-30 with Political Science categories.
Acknowledging that though the disciplines are supposed to be cumulative, there is little in the way of accumulated, general theory, this work opens a dialogue about the appropriate means and ends of social research based in analysis of fundamental issues. This book examines two root issues in the methodology of explanatory social research--the meaning of the idea of causation in social science and the question of the physiological mechanism that generates intentional behavior. Conclusions on these as well as on several derived problems emerge through the analysis. Among the latter, the analysis shows that neither universal nor probabilistic laws governing human behavior are possible, even within the positivist or empiricist traditions in which laws are a central feature. Instead, the analysis reveals a more modest view of what an explanatory social theory can be and do. In this view, the kind of theory that can be produced is basically the same in form and content across quantitative and qualitative research approaches, and similarly across different disciplines. The two streams of analysis are combined with resulting implications for large-sample, small-sample, and case study research design as well as for laws and theory. Written for the practicing empirical researcher in political science and organization theory, whether quantitative or qualitative, the major issuesand findings are meant to hold identically, however, for history, sociology, and other social science disciplines. Lawrence B. Mohr is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Michigan.
Explaining Behavior
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Author : Fred Dretske
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1991-02-05
Explaining Behavior written by Fred Dretske and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-02-05 with Psychology categories.
Why do human beings move? In this lucid portrayal of human behavior, Fred Dretske provides an original account of the way reasons function in the causal explanation of behavior. Biological science investigates what makes our bodies move in the way they do. Psychology is interested in why persons—agents with reasons—move in the way they do. Dretske attempts to reconcile these different points of view by showing how reasons operate in a world of causes. He reveals in detail how the character of our inner states—what we believe, desire, and intend—determines what we do.
Attribution
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
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What Causes Human Behavior
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Author : Stephen F. Ledoux
language : en
Publisher: Dogwise Publishing
Release Date : 2017-09-27
What Causes Human Behavior written by Stephen F. Ledoux and has been published by Dogwise Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-27 with Pets categories.
What experts are saying about What Causes Human Behavior: Stephen Ledoux's book, is a strong non-compromising, theoretical and philosophical argument that the answers come from behaviorology, the natural science of behavior, that the answers do not come from astrology, theology, etc., or from psychology, the mentalistic unnatural science of the mind. And he supports his argument with examples of effective, science-based applications of applied behaviorology (applied behavior analysis) and with analyses of human behavior in everyday life, going from simple behaviors, to complex verbal behavior, with suggestions that behaviorology is crucial to the solutions of the world problems of overpopulation, sustainability, and global warming. But also, he's not afraid to make these complex topics more readable by using an occasional contraction, an informed expression, and even a little humor, i.e. he's way cool. Richard Malott, Ph.D. (Professor, Western Michigan University) Professor Ledoux has written a primer on a newly emerging discipline: behaviorology. It is the natural science of environment-behavior relations and an intellectually challenging subject, one that variously intersects with astrology, psychology, philosophy, education, and physiology plus other biological and behavioral sciences. Ledoux's discussion of explanatory fictions and a variety of other explanatory fallacies alone, however, is worth the price of admission. And there is so much more! John Stone Ph.D. (Professor, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, and President, Education Consumers Foundation at www.education-consumers.org)
Behavioral Mechanisms And Psychopathology
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Author : Kurt Salzinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Behavioral Mechanisms And Psychopathology written by Kurt Salzinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
"Mental health diagnosticians face a great challenge when exploring the presenting symptom of aberrant behavior, particularly in tracing such behavior to its source, and especially when such aberrant behavior involves no obvious biological site. In short, reliance on biological causes alone may be necessary to explain some aberrant behavior, but it is in any case not sufficient. The identification of the offending behavior alone is not sufficient either. We need to identify the variables that control it. For this purpose, we need to examine the behavioral mechanisms underlying the various behavioral disorders. Behavioral mechanisms fundamentally elucidate the nature of the psychopathology. Whether to enhance theoretical understanding or improve clinical efficacy, emotional and behavioral problems must be understood in terms of the controlling variables (the behavioral mechanisms). Examination of the behavioral mechanisms that mediate psychological disturbances is crucial for a complete understanding of the origin, maintenance, treatment, course, and symptomatology of any mental disorder. We asked the authors of the chapters in this volume to examine in turn the behavioral mechanisms that mediate (explain?) cause and effect for a variety of behavioral disorders and discuss the treatments that result from understanding these mechanisms. Each contributor or group of contributors to this volume responded to our charge to examine the behavioral mechanism underlying a particular form of psychopathology in terms of its own reinforcement history. That charge was given to these contributors on the basis of the fact that they were the experts and that they thus would be able to provide the readers students, scholars, and clinicians alike with the most interesting and useful information. As the pages of this book reveal, behavioral mechanisms are multifaceted and allow the clinician and the researcher to reveal even more links in the chain of psychological functions that explain how and, more important, why psychopathology is produced"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
The Causes Of Behavior
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Author : Judy F. Rosenblith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
The Causes Of Behavior written by Judy F. Rosenblith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Child psychology categories.
Darwinian Hedonism And The Epidemic Of Unhealthy Behavior
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Author : David M. Williams
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-03-21
Darwinian Hedonism And The Epidemic Of Unhealthy Behavior written by David M. Williams and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-21 with Medical categories.
Provides a new approach to psychological hedonism and applies it to the growing global epidemic of unhealthy behavior.