Pragmatism
What is true is what works.
What is pragmatism?
____________is the degree to which the events referred to by concepts used to predict and influence behavior are unambiguous and unambiguously related one to the other.
What is precision?
How we know what we know.
What is epistemology?
Choosing this goal is foundational to engaging in the scientific activity of functional contextualists.
What is prediction and influence?
The immediate predecessor and most important influence on functional contextualism was the work of
Who is Skinner?
The explicit goal of functional contextualism is the __________ and __________ of the behavior of individuals or the actions of groups or organizations.
What are prediction and influence?
This _______________ is as central to functional contextualism or to any philosophy of science based on evolutionary epistemology. It is helpful in undermining appeals that go beyond experience.
What is a‐ontological nature?
This scientist argues that science can tell us “what we should do and should want – and therefore what other people should do and should want in order to live the best lives possible”
Who is Sam Harris?
The American Civil War and evolutionary theory are two major influences on the development of...
What is pragmatism?
_______________means that the analysis is consistent with well‐established and useful accounts at other levels of analysis.
What is depth?
Focuses on understanding phenomena in terms of variation and selective retention.
What is evolutionary thinking?
Evidence shows that people who cannot accept and cannot get out from under the influence of their ______________, over their actions, are less likely to act in the service of their values.
What are thoughts and feelings?
A set of behaviors thought to function in the same way.
What is a Functional response class?
______________ means an analysis is relevant to a broad range of phenomena.
What is scope?
Until very recently, evolutionary thinking has been dominated by this approach, such as a focus on the “selfish gene” or insistence that selection only takes place at the level of genes.
What is gene centric approach?
Functional contextualism finds this foundational for effective psychological functioning.
What is love?
Skinner (1945) defined ____________ as those under the control of a history of speaking based on contact with stimulus events rather than on audience factors, states of reinforceability, and so on.
What are scientifically valid observations?
These frameworks fit more with commonsense assumptions and as a result, are often implicit.
What are mechanism and organicism?
Some use this term to refer merely to an explicit specification of concepts to be used in a domain, and the relationship between them.
What is ontology?
Three psychological functions empirically underpin the human tendency to care about others perspective‐taking, empathy, and _____________ .
What is psychological flexibility?