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Integrating Psychological Neurobiological Levels in Contextual Behavioral Science

Integrating Psychological Neurobiological Levels in Contextual Behavioral Science Steven C. Hayes, University of Nevada. The Psychological Level. The study of whole organisms acting in and with a context considered historically and situationally. The Neurobiological Level.

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Integrating Psychological Neurobiological Levels in Contextual Behavioral Science

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  1. Integrating Psychological Neurobiological Levels in Contextual Behavioral Science Steven C. Hayes, University of Nevada

  2. The Psychological Level The study of whole organisms acting in and with a context considered historically and situationally

  3. The Neurobiological Level The study of the nervous system of organisms in reaction to external and internal events and in relation to behavior

  4. Defining Our Levels of Analysis

  5. Contextual Behavioral Science The dangers of moving across levels without care: Hiding ignorance in concrete knowledge at other levels of analysis

  6. Contextual Behavioral Science The dangers of moving across levels without care: The appeal of reductionism

  7. Contextual Behavioral Science The possibilities of research across levels of analysis: Seeing consistent processes

  8. Contextual Behavioral Science The possibilities of research across levels of analysis: An integrated fabric of science

  9. Contextual Behavioral Science Depth means that no unit that is fully adequate at the psychological level can be fully inadequate at the neurobiological level and vice versa

  10. Contextual Behavioral Science If we claim we are modeling well understood units, the brain has to agree or our model is incorrect Example: metaphor

  11. Specifying the Challenges of Higher Levels of Organization “The contribution that a science of behavior makes to neurology is a rigorous and quantitative statement of the program before it.” (Skinner, 1938, p. 432)

  12. The Vision of Contextual Neuroscience Place neurobiological evidence inside a larger effort to understand the situated actions of whole organisms, focusing on the depth of psychological processes known to be important

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