Explaining Behavior

Author : Fred Dretske
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262540612
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explaining Behavior written by Fred Dretske and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1991-02-05 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do human beings move? In this lucid portrayal of human behavior, Fred Dretske provides an original account of the way reasons function in the causal explanation of behavior. Biological science investigates what makes our bodies move in the way they do. Psychology is interested in why persons—agents with reasons—move in the way they do. Dretske attempts to reconcile these different points of view by showing how reasons operate in a world of causes. He reveals in detail how the character of our inner states—what we believe, desire, and intend—determines what we do.

Author : Bruce F. Pennington
Publisher : Guilford Publications
ISBN 13 : 1462513662
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explaining Abnormal Behavior written by Bruce F. Pennington and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting cutting-edge work on the brain systems involved in key domains of neuropsychological functioning, Pennington sheds light on acquired neurological disorders like aphasia and amnesia, as well as the development of such conditions as schizophrenia, depression, dyslexia, autism and intellectual disability. (Psychology)

Author : Jon Elster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107071186
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explaining Social Behavior written by Jon Elster and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A substantially revised edition of Jon Elster's critically acclaimed book exploring the nature of social behavior and the social sciences.

Author : Bertram F. Malle
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262250351
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Mind Explains Behavior written by Bertram F. Malle and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2006-08-11 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative monograph, Bertram Malle describes behavior explanations as having a dual nature—as being both cognitive and social acts—and proposes a comprehensive theoretical model that integrates the two aspects. When people try to understand puzzling human behavior, they construct behavior explanations, which are a fundamental tool of social cognition. But, Malle argues, behavior explanations exist not only in the mind; they are also overt verbal actions used for social purposes. When people explain their own behavior or the behavior of others, they are using the explanation to manage a social interaction—by offering clarification, trying to save face, or casting blame. Malle's account makes clear why these two aspects of behavior explanation exist and why they are closely linked; along the way, he illustrates the astonishingly sophisticated and subtle patterns of folk behavior explanations. Malle begins by reviewing traditional attribution theories and their simplified portrayal of behavior explanation. A more realistic portrayal, he argues, must be grounded in the nature, function, and origins of the folk theory of mind—the conceptual framework underlying people's grasp of human behavior and its connection to the mind. Malle then presents a theory of behavior explanations, focusing first on their conceptual structure and then on their psychological construction. He applies this folk-conceptual theory to a number of questions, including the communicative functions of behavior explanations, and the differences in explanations given for self and others as well as for individuals and groups. Finally, he highlights the strengths of the folk-conceptual theory of explanation over traditional attribution theory and points to future research applications.

Author : Lawrence B. Mohr
Publisher : San Francisco : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explaining Organizational Behavior written by Lawrence B. Mohr and published by San Francisco : Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1982 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John O'Shaughnessy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195071085
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explaining Buyer Behavior written by John O'Shaughnessy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph attempts to apply the philosophy of social science to the study of buyer behaviour. It encompasses ideas from various disciplines, such as philosophy and psychology.

Author : Jon Elster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316368564
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explaining Social Behavior written by Jon Elster and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new edition of his critically acclaimed book, Jon Elster examines the nature of social behavior, proposing choice as the central concept of the social sciences. Extensively revised throughout, the book offers an overview of key explanatory mechanisms, drawing on many case studies and experiments to explore the nature of explanation in the social sciences; an analysis of the mental states - beliefs, desires, and emotions - that are precursors to action; a systematic comparison of rational-choice models of behavior with alternative accounts, and a review of mechanisms of social interaction ranging from strategic behavior to collective decision making. A wholly new chapter includes an exploration of classical moralists and Proust in charting mental mechanisms operating 'behind the back' of the agent, and a new conclusion points to the pitfalls and fallacies in current ways of doing social science, proposing guidelines for more modest and more robust procedures.

Author : Terrance M. Scott
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1506337899
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Behavior written by Terrance M. Scott and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key to effective classroom management starts with instruction Teaching Behavior goes beyond setting classroom rules, communicating consequences, and providing the usual tips on engaging students and building relationships. It draws on the most current, evidence-based practices at the heart of effective teaching so you can maximize student success. Ideal as a teacher guide or textbook, it offers New insights on why instruction is the foundation for all student behavior Practical tools for managing all types of students and classrooms, including the most challenging Self-assessment checklists and discussion questions for teacher book-study groups Accompanying video modules for each chapter

Author : Beverly D. Flaxington
Publisher : Ata Press
ISBN 13 : 9780615272290
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Other People written by Beverly D. Flaxington and published by Ata Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to increase your communication effectiveness, in order to deal effectively with the difficult people in your life. You can express yourself confidently, work effectively, and take charge of your own actions and reactions.

Author : Christina Lee
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1134805705
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alternatives to Cognition written by Christina Lee and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative book, Christina Lee takes a consciously critical approach to the apparently unchallenged principle that conscious thought is the cause of all human behavior. Without becoming polemical or destructive, she reconsiders a wide range of issues in mainstream American and European social psychology. Suitable for an international audience, the book deals with issues in mainstream American and European social psychology. It assumes some familiarity with contemporary social and applied psychology, and would be appropriate as a text or supplementary reading for senior undergraduate and postgraduate courses in social psychology and psychological theory, although it is also written with an academic research audience in mind. While it is written largely for psychologists, it would also be of interest to academics from other social-science disciplines with a general interest in explanations of individual social behavior.