| Contextualism and Understanding in Behavioral Science: Implications for Research and Theory Contributor(s): Altman, Irwin (Author), Blank, Thomas (Author), Germer, Chrostopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275921212 ISBN-13: 9780275921217 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1986 Annotation: This book introduces "contextualism," an emerging paradigm that has generated much interest and excitement in psychology, sociology, communications research, and other areas of behavioral science. Unlike behaviorism which tries to predict behavior based on a specific set of variables, contextualism asserts that human beings react and learn in a variety of situations and there is no single best kind of behavior. They challenge the man as machine view of behavior. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Psychology |
| Dewey: 302 |
| LCCN: 86000079 |
| Lexile Measure: 1440 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.59 lbs) 392 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book introduces contextualism, an emerging paradigm that has generated much interest and excitement in psychology, sociology, communications research, and other areas of behavioral science. Unlike behaviorism which tries to predict behavior based on a specific set of variables, contextualism asserts that human beings react and learn in a variety of situations and there is no single best kind of behavior. They challenge the man as machine view of behavior. |