Consequences in cultural practices: effects on individuals or groups?

Authors

  • Kester Carrara UNESP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v20i3.47378

Keywords:

Units of analysis, cultural practices, selection by consequences

Abstract

This paper presents some of the main conjectures about the process of selection by consequences in the
scope of cultural practices, especially concerning the unit of selection unit: if the individual in group
situation, or if the group itself. The essay also analyzes the way by which interlocking patterns of
contingencies are selected and their role in the maintenance and modulation of cultural practices. In
discussing the implications of an integrated evolutionist approach to the phylogenetic, ontogenetic and
cultural “levels”, the study argues for selection by consequences ocurring in the group and not upon the
group, which implies the proposition of adopting the three term contingency as the adequate and
sufficient unit of selection ofBehavioral Analysis ofCulture.

Author Biography

Kester Carrara, UNESP

Prof. livre-docente do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento e Aprendizagem, campus de Bauru da UNESP. Bolsista de Produtividade do CNPq.

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Published

2017-01-23

How to Cite

Carrara, K. (2017). Consequences in cultural practices: effects on individuals or groups?. Interação Em Psicologia, 20(3). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v20i3.47378

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 3 (2016)

Section

Seção especial

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