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Analyzing Social Behavior: Behavior Analysis & the Social Sciences
Analyzing Social Behavior Behavior Analysis the Social Sciences Author:Bernard Guerin Analyzing Social Behavior by Bernard Guerin provides the first full coverage of the social sciences from the perspective of modern behavior analysis. The book provides an up-to-date introduction to behavior analysis and an analysis of a broad range of human social behaviors, using research from psychology, anthropology, sociolinguistics,... more » and sociology. The book demonstrates why most individualistic concepts of psychology, such as self, thinking, and grammar, are inherently social events. While the special properties of the verbal communities that maintain such behaviors are unique and delineate the social sciences, this book shows that these properties can be understood from a natural sciences perspective.
Part 1 - The Principles of Behavior Analysis
Introduction to behavior analysis
The components of behavior analysis
Combining contingencies
Part II - Social Contingencies Without a Verbal Community
Social discriminations
Social consequences
Social behaviors and social interaction
Part III - Social Contingencies With a Verbal Community
Verbal behavior and language use
Social cognition and behavior analysis
Verbal communities
Behaviors maintained by a verbal community
Part IV - Applying Behavior Analysis
Changing and maintaining behavior
Behavior Analysis of particular groups and social issues« less