How is physiology relevant to behavior analysis?

Journal/Book: Behav Anal. 1996; 19: Western Michigan Univ, 260 Wood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5052. Soc Advancement Behav Anal. 61-70.

Abstract: Physiology is an important biological science; but behavior analysis is not a biological science, and behavior analysts can safely ignore biological processes. However, ignoring products of biological processes might be a serious mistake. The important products include behavior, instinctive drift, behavior potentials, hunger, and many developmental milestones and events. Physiology deals with the sources of such products; behavior analysis can deal with how the products affect behavior, which can be understood without understanding their sources.

Note: Article HW Reese, W Virginia Univ, Dept Psychol, POB 6040, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA

Keyword(s): behavior analysis; developmental milestones; developmental events; physiological processes; physiological products; physiology; METHODOLOGICAL BEHAVIORISM; RADICAL BEHAVIORISM; BRAIN; EPISTEMOLOGY; STIMULI; MEMORY

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