Analyzing social behavior Book

Analyzing Social Behavior by Bernard Guerin provides the first full coverage of the social sciences from the perspective of modern behavior analysis. The book provides an up-to-date introduction to behavior analysis and an analysis of a broad range of human social behaviors, using research from psychology, anthropology, sociolinguistics, and sociology. The book demonstrates why most individualistic concepts of psychology, such as self, thinking, and grammar, are inherently social events. While the special properties of the verbal communities that maintain such behaviors are unique and delineate the social sciences, this book shows that these properties can be understood from a natural sciences perspective. Part 1 - The Principles of Behavior Analysis Introduction to behavior analysis The components of behavior analysis Combining contingencies Part II - Social Contingencies Without a Verbal Community Social discriminations Social consequences Social behaviors and social interaction Part III - Social Contingencies With a Verbal Community Verbal behavior and language use Social cognition and behavior analysis Verbal communities Behaviors maintained by a verbal community Part IV - Applying Behavior Analysis Changing and maintaining behavior Behavior Analysis of particular groups and social issues