Abstract
In the target article ‘Functional and Descriptive Contextualism’ the argument is made that Functional Contextualism may benefit from the Interbehavioral tradition. This commentary supports this perspective. The Functional Contextual approach is elaborated, and some of its weaknesses are highlighted. Following this some descriptions of analyses of complex behavioral events are presented, which permits a comparison of Functional Contextual and Interbehavioral approaches to such events. The ways in which Interbehavioral concepts proved to be of use in our analyses are then described. The implications of these concepts for Functional Contextualists are discussed.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 1-5 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science |
Volume | 19 |
Early online date | 10 Nov 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 1 Jan 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The preparation of this paper was made possible by of Ghent University Grant BOF16/MET_V/002 , and by the support of an Odysseus Group 1 grant awarded to the Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes by the Flanders Science Foundation ( FWO ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Interbehaviorism
- Functional contextualism
- Private events
- Complex behavior