Relational Frame Theory: A Post-Skinnerian Account of Human Language and Cognition

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Steven C. Hayes, Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Bryan Roche
Springer Science & Business Media, May 31, 2001 - Computers - 285 pages

Human language and our use of it to communicate or to understand the world requires deriving relations among events: for example, if A=B and A=C, then B=C. Relational frame theory argues that such performances are at the heart of any meaningful psychology of language and cognition. From a very early age, human beings learn relations of similarity, difference, comparison, time, and so on, and modify what they do in a given situation based on its derived relation to others situations and what is known about them.
This volume goes beyond theory and gives the empirical and conceptual tools to conduct an experimental analysis of virtually every substantive topic in human language and cognition, both basic and applied. As the term `post-Skinnerian' suggests, this volume challenges behavioral psychology to abandon many of the specific theoretical formulations of its most prominent historical leader in the domain of complex human behavior, especially in human language and cognition, and approach the field from a new direction.

The need for a pragmatically useful analysis of language and cognition is as enormous and varied as its extensions and applications. This volume will be of interest not only to behavior theorists but also to cognitive psychologists, therapists, educators, and anyone studying the human condition.

 

Contents

THE BASIC ACCOUNT
1
DERIVED RELATIONAL RESPONDING
21
MULTIPLE STIMULUS RELATIONS AND
51
ANALOGIES
73
THINKING PROBLEMSOLVING
87
UNDERSTANDING AND VERBAL REGULATION
103
SELF AND SELFDIRECTED RULES
119
A PRECIS
141
EXTENSIONS AND APPLICATIONS
155
EDUCATION
181
SOCIAL PROCESSES
197
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
211
RELIGION SPIRITUALITY AND TRANSCENDENCE
239
EPILOGUE
253
INDEX
273
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