Often overlooked or misunderstood, the work of American psychologist Jacob Robert Kantor is finally being recognized for its contribution to contextual behavior sciences. This important volume brings Kantor's prescient work into the twenty-first century, teaching readers the foundations and unique features of interbehaviorism in a straightforward way, and exploring the profound effects it has in applied domains like perspective-taking, feelings and emotions, interpersonal relationships, and more.
A comprehensive guide to the work of Jacob Robert Kantor, and a must-have for anyone interested in behavior analysis or cognitive behavioral science.
Often overlooked or misunderstood, the work of American psychologist Jacob Robert Kantor is finally being recognized for its contribution to contextual behavior sciences. This important volume brings Kantor's prescient work into the twenty-first century, teaching readers the foundations and unique features of interbehaviorism in a straightforward way, and exploring the profound effects it has in applied domains like perspective-taking, feelings and emotions, interpersonal relationships, and more.
In this volume, you'll find detailed explanations of Kantor's theory, as well as its research assumptions and foundations. Whether you're a behavior therapist, contextual behavior scientist, behavior analyst, student of behavior analysis, or simply interested in the history of interbehaviorism and its modern applications, this book is an essential addition to your professional library.
Industry Reviews
“This book clarifies Kantor’s comprehensive philosophy of a science of behavior/environment relations. Pragmatically, understanding the interrelations of the operant and history of instruction of development, setting events, and phylogeny is simply fundamental to successful applied work, not unlike Israel Goldiamond’s clinical systems analyses. Current exciting work in the basic and applied/basic science is doing that. This book is timely, and a necessary text for courses on ‘concepts and principles of behavior.’”
—R. Douglas Greer, PhD, CABAS SBA, SRS, professor of psychology and education at Columbia University Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences