Radical Behaviorism and Cultural Analysis

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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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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 andmetacriticism). 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).


Inhalt
Chapter 1 - Psychology and dichotomic thinking.- Chapter 2 - The unfeasibility of the "thing-in-itself" as an explanatory source for behavior.- Chapter 3 - Nothing can "be", other than through its relations.- Chapter 4 - Sustainability and conditional altruism.- Chapter 5 - Cultural designs and descendants: What does the future hold for Pedro, Isabela, and Miguel?.

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  • Allgemeine Informationen
    • Sprache Englisch
    • Herausgeber Springer International Publishing
    • Gewicht 201g
    • Autor Kester Carrara
    • Titel Radical Behaviorism and Cultural Analysis
    • Veröffentlichung 02.02.2019
    • ISBN 3030089592
    • Format Kartonierter Einband
    • EAN 9783030089597
    • Jahr 2019
    • Größe H235mm x B155mm x T8mm
    • Anzahl Seiten 124
    • Lesemotiv Verstehen
    • Auflage Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition 2018
    • GTIN 09783030089597

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