Behavioral relations as the subject matter of Psychology: some remarks

Authors

  • Emmanuel Zagury Tourinho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v10i1.5792

Keywords:

behavior analysis, radical behaviorism, behavioral relations

Abstract

The paper presents behavior analysis as a psychological system that assumes individual-environment relations as its subject matter, and then discusses some theoretical, methodological, and practical implications of such a view. The emphasis on behavioral relations is interpreted as a counterpart to individualistic conceptions of man and to derived psychological concepts. It is argued, however, that an appropriate estimation of the breadth of behavior analysis as a psychological discipline requires understanding how behavior-analytic concepts support the exam of psychological phenomena in contexts that do not match those found in laboratories, where basic research is held.

 

Keywords: behavior analysis; radical behaviorism; behavioral relations.

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Tourinho, E. Z. (2006). Behavioral relations as the subject matter of Psychology: some remarks. Interação Em Psicologia, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v10i1.5792

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2006)

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