Fronteiras entre análise do comportamento e fisiologia: Skinner e a temática dos eventos privados
This study examines B. F. Skinner´s references to physiology in publications dealing with private events, in order to identify elements for a clearer definition of the relations between behavior analysis and physiology. Skinner´s contributions were analyzed with reference to six thematic categories:...
| Autor principal: | TOURINHO, Emmanuel Zagury |
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| Outros Autores: | TEIXEIRA, Eveny da Rocha, MACIEL, Josiane Miranda |
| Grau: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | por |
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2011
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http://www.repositorio.ufpa.br:8080/jspui/handle/2011/2153 |
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This study examines B. F. Skinner´s references to physiology in publications dealing with private events, in order to identify elements for a clearer definition of the relations between behavior analysis and physiology. Skinner´s contributions were analyzed with reference to six thematic categories: a) biological variables as constitutive, albeit non-defining properties of private behavioral phenomena; b) the autonomous nature of the behavioral-analytical approach in the face of biological/physiological facts; c) limits of behavior control by internal/physiological events; d) private behavior as behavior of the organism as a whole; e) a distinction between privileged access and privileged knowledge; f) retention of the behavioral analytical approach in applied behavior analysis. Skinner´s propositions concerning the described categories are discussed as original in defining the field of a science of behavior and capable of providing a coherent guide for establishing clear-cut limits between behavior analysis and physiology as independent and complementary disciplines. |