Relational Frame Theory: A Post-Skinnerian Account of Human Language and CognitionSteven C. Hayes, Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Bryan Roche 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. 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. |
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An exceptional, inductive approach to language and cognition that can be refreshing for behavioral scientists of all stripes. The experimental analysis of human cognition has gained much since Skinner's much-maligned attempt half a century ago, and one may even imagine such diverse research streams may bring behavioral psychology back in the limelight.
Contents
LANGUAGE AND COGNITION CONSTRUCTING AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH WITHIN THE BEHAVIORAL TRADITION | 3 |
DERIVED RELATIONAL RESPONDING AS LEARNED BEHAVIOR | 21 |
MULTIPLE STIMULUS RELATIONS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF STIMULUS FUNCTIONS | 51 |
RELATIONS AMONG RELATIONS ANALOGIES METAPHORS AND STORIES | 73 |
THINKING PROBLEMSOLVING AND PRAGMATIC VERBAL ANALYSIS | 87 |
UNDERSTANDING AND VERBAL REGULATION | 103 |
SELF AND SELFDIRECTED RULES | 119 |
RELATIONAL FRAME THEORY A PRÉCIS | 141 |
EDUCATION | 181 |
SOCIAL PROCESSES | 197 |
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY | 211 |
RELIGION SPIRITUALITY AND TRANSCENDENCE | 239 |
EPILOGUE | 253 |
REFERENCES | 257 |
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CONTRIBUTORS | 285 |