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Natural, Behavioral and Cultural Selection-Analysis: an Integrative Approach

Natural, Behavioral and Cultural Selection-Analysis: an Integrative Approach Behavior and Social Issues, 25, 54-60 (2016). © Kalliu Carvalho Couto & Ingunn Sandaker. Originally published in Norsk Tidsskrift for Atferdsanalyse, 43, 27-33, reprinted with permission. Readers should contact the authors regarding permissions to reprint. doi: 10.5210/bsi.v.25i0.6891 NATURAL, BEHAVIORAL AND CULTURAL SELECTION-ANALYSIS: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH Kalliu Carvalho Couto Ingunn Sandaker Oslo and Akershus University College KEYWORDS: cultural evolution; cultural analysis; cultural contingency; selectionist approach In Selection by Consequences, Skinner (1981) described a causal model that explains human behavior as a joint product of three levels of selection: (a) the contingencies of survival involved in natural selection, (b) the contingencies of reinforcement involved in the selection of individual behavior, and (c) contingencies of an evolving social environment. Since then, researchers from behavior analysis and other fields such as biology and anthropology have used an evolutionist/selectionist approach to greatly improve our understanding of those three levels of analysis. As our knowledge of each level has expanded, the borders between them and their belonging to specialized academic domains has become less clear. Even though Skinner (1981, p 502) stated that “each level of variation and selection has its own discipline—the first, biology; the second, psychology; and the third anthropology,” we argue that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behavior and Social Issues Springer Journals

Natural, Behavioral and Cultural Selection-Analysis: an Integrative Approach

Couto, Kalliu; Sandaker, Ingunn
Behavior and Social Issues , Volume 25 (1) – May 1, 2016
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Copyright © 2016 by Kalliu Carvalho Couto & Ingunn Sandaker
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Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Personality and Social Psychology
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1064-9506
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10.5210/bsi.v25i0.6891
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Behavior and Social Issues, 25, 54-60 (2016). © Kalliu Carvalho Couto & Ingunn Sandaker. Originally published in Norsk Tidsskrift for Atferdsanalyse, 43, 27-33, reprinted with permission. Readers should contact the authors regarding permissions to reprint. doi: 10.5210/bsi.v.25i0.6891 NATURAL, BEHAVIORAL AND CULTURAL SELECTION-ANALYSIS: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH Kalliu Carvalho Couto Ingunn Sandaker Oslo and Akershus University College KEYWORDS: cultural evolution; cultural analysis; cultural contingency; selectionist approach In Selection by Consequences, Skinner (1981) described a causal model that explains human behavior as a joint product of three levels of selection: (a) the contingencies of survival involved in natural selection, (b) the contingencies of reinforcement involved in the selection of individual behavior, and (c) contingencies of an evolving social environment. Since then, researchers from behavior analysis and other fields such as biology and anthropology have used an evolutionist/selectionist approach to greatly improve our understanding of those three levels of analysis. As our knowledge of each level has expanded, the borders between them and their belonging to specialized academic domains has become less clear. Even though Skinner (1981, p 502) stated that “each level of variation and selection has its own discipline—the first, biology; the second, psychology; and the third anthropology,” we argue that

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