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Rule-Governed Behavior in Behavior Analysis
1989The field of behavior analysis,1 committed to a basic science of human behavior, has never had an easy time of it. Two different but related criticisms have plagued the field. First, it has been argued that the rich workings of mental life stand in the way of a science attempting to explain all human behavior in terms of physical laws.
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An Experimental Analysis of Rule-Governed Behavior
1989Contingency-shaped behavior is behavior directly controlled by the relations between responses and their consequences. But behavior may also come under the control of antecedent stimuli, stimuli in the presence of which responses produce their consequences.
A. Charles Catania +2 more
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Language, Intelligence, and Rule-Governed Behavior
1988One of the odder phenomena of the past thirty years is that Chomsky’s transformational, i. e., “generative” linguistic theory denies the major premises of modern biological thought but nonetheless claims to have a biological basis. Chomsky and his adherents claim to hold a nativist biological position. Generative grammar supposedly reflects the species-
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A Theory of Rule-Governed Behavior and Organizational Behavior Management
Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 1993To a large extent, an organization's culture is probably not based on direct-acting contingencies of reinforcement and punishment. Instead it is generally based on indirect-acting conlineencies he.. analoe to reinforcement and ounishmentl A direct- - acting contingencyTs one where the oulcome involved'in the contingency is sufficiently immediate ...
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Rule-governed behavior in evolution and human society
Constitutional Political Economy, 1990I present a conceptual framework and analytical tools for generalizing existing theory in order to investigate imperfect choice that does not always make optimal decisions based on available information. The resulting analysis implies imperfect choice creates incentives forrule-governed behavior that is adapted only to recurrent situations (rather than
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Some Clinical Implications of Rule-Governed Behavior
1989It is not difficult to be a behaviorist in accounting for “normal” behavior. Men and women normally perform daily tasks that earn a livelihood, maintain health, and sustain social relationships. The controlling influences of salary, nutrition, and attention are apparent and require little psychological interpretation.
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The Evolution of Language and Rule-Governed Behavior
2000Language is a form of behavior, the most significant feature of which is instructional control. Most of the behavior performed by children after they develop the rudiments of verbal behavior is maintained (at least in part) by language. Obviously, this does not mean that children spontaneously follow the verbal instructions given by their parents and ...
H. A. Chris Ninness +2 more
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Consistent planning, backwards induction, and rule-governed behavior
Constitutional Political Economy, 1996This paper argues that with regard to sequential choice problems the set of assumptions that are necessary for the process of planning to be logically consistent may make the notion of rational dynamic consistency an unacceptable prescription for choice.
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Rule-Governed Behavior: A Radical Behavioral Answer To the Cognitive Challenge
The Psychological Record, 1990A radical behavioral interpretation of the role thinking may play in controlling other human behavior is presented, using rulegoverned behavior as a key explanatory concept. An overview of rule-governed behavior is provided with emphasis on the formulation and following of self-rules.
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