BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF CULTURE: CONTINGENCY OR METACONTINGENCY AS THE UNIT OF ANALYSIS?
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https://doi.org/10.18542/rebac.v11i2.1944Abstract
Our goal in this paper is to discuss the novelty character and explanatory range of metacontingency in relation to the three-term contingency. Auxiliary concepts, as interlocking behavioral contingencies, aggregate product and receiving system, were also taken into account in evaluating metacontingency’s functionality in comparison with the three-term contingency. We conclude that, besides Glenn’s and her collaborators relevant contribution to the field, the “metacontingency system” is nothing more than a conceptual rearrangement of the principles present in Skinner’s proposal for the analysis of culture, which can be fashioned solely through the concept of contingency when the conditions of the elements involved in cultural practices are carefully described. Keywords: Selection by consequences; Metacontingency; Contingency; Behavioral analysis of culture; Radical behaviorism.Downloads
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2016-09-17
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