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The molecular view relies on momentary events and momentary causation, which leads to postulating hypothetical momentary events and causes when none are apparent, whereas the molar view relies on extended activities and extended causation, avoiding postulation of hypothetical constructs.
19 kwi 2018 · molar. adj. characterized by or pertaining to units, masses, and systems in their entirety. Molar analysis (also called global analysis) in psychology is a way of examining behavioral processes as holistic units, extended through time.
10 cze 2019 · The molar view of behavior is presented as a new scientific paradigm in behavior analysis. Paradigm shifts are, in fact, profound. I examine the “level of profundity” of some implications of Baum’s molar view of behavior.
30 cze 2004 · The molar view stems from a conviction that behavior is continuous, as argued by John Dewey, Gestalt psychologists, Karl Lashley, and others. The molar paradigm views behavior as inherently extended in time and composed of activities that have integrated parts.
9 paź 2018 · Abstract. In the context of evolutionary theory, behavior is the interaction between the organism and its environment. Two implications follow: (a) behavior takes time; and (b) behavior is defined by its function. That behavior takes time implies that behavioral units are temporally extended patterns or activities.
This insight provides the answer to many philosophical questions about thinking, sensing, and feeling. Confusion about private events arises in large part from failure to appreciate fully the radical implications of replacing mentalistic ideas about language with the concept of verbal behavior.
…system of psychology known as purposive, or molar, behaviourism, which attempts to explore the entire action of the total organism. Read More
