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Situation dynamics and the theory of behavior systems
Author(s) -
Herbst P. G.,
Augustine St.,
Russell Bertrand,
Jerome Jerome K.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830020103
Subject(s) - set (abstract data type) , dynamics (music) , variables , test (biology) , psychology , mathematics , econometrics , social psychology , computer science , cognitive psychology , statistics , ecology , biology , pedagogy , programming language
Is it possible to identify and to quantify variables in terms of which the behavior of an individual as a member of a group, such as a child in his family, can be described? Here a set of such variables is proposed together with ways of measuring them. The variables have to do with degrees of activity, of emotional content, and of external pressures involved in various forms of behavior. Further, a set of functional relations is postulated among these variables. From these further quantitative relations are derived, which are put to experimental test. In general, some interesting corroborations of the model are obtained.