Can teleological behaviorism account for the effects of instructions on self-control without invoking cognition?

1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-135
Author(s):  
Kristi Lemm ◽  
Yuichi Shoda ◽  
Walter Mischel
Keyword(s):  
Self Control ◽  
Temporal Patterning ◽  
Control Behavior ◽  
Verbal Instructions ◽  
Teleological Behaviorism ◽  
Experimental Findings

AbstractIn its commitment to eschewing internal causes, the teleological behavioristic analysis endeavors to explain self-control through the temporal patterning of behavior, but it leaves unanswered the most challenging questions. It fails to account convincingly for experimental findings in which self-control behavior was predictably changed by verbal instructions to think about and imagine the rewards in different ways.

Pattern proliferation in teleological behaviorism

1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-146
Author(s):  
Bruce N. Waller
Keyword(s):  
Self Control ◽  
Behavioral Patterns ◽  
Teleological Behaviorism ◽  
Controlling Behavior

AbstractRachlin's teleological behaviorist account shows promise for extending our behavioral understanding of many aspects of self-control, particularly when self-control involves controlling behavior through larger behavioral patterns. However, it may face special challenges in dealing with instances of self-control that involve pattern breaking.

Self-control behavior in hyperactive and nonhyperactive children

1984 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Rosenbaum ◽  
Evelyn Baker
Keyword(s):  
Self Control ◽  
Control Behavior

The teleological science of self-control

1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Rachlin
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Pattern ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Teleological Behaviorism ◽  
Complex Patterns ◽  
The Mind

In response to Ainslie & Gault: The value of a temporally extended behavioral pattern depends on relationships inherent in the pattern itself. It is not possible to express that value as the simple sum of the discounted present values of the pattern's component acts.In response to Leiber: Teleological behaviorism may be deemed unscientific because it has not yet succeeded to the required degree in predicting and controlling the highly complex patterns of human behavior that comprise our mental lives. However teleological behaviorism is not unscientific because it is teleological or “noncausal;” nor is teleological behaviorism unscientific because it is not reducible to neurophysiology. Nothing in principle bars the development of a teleological science of the mind.

The role of negative reinforcement; or: Is there an altruist in the house?

2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund J. Fantino ◽  
Stephanie J. Stolarz-Fantino
Keyword(s):  
Conditioned Reinforcement ◽  
Negative Reinforcement ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Behavioral Analysis ◽  
Behavioral Patterns ◽  
Teleological Behaviorism ◽  
Rule Governed Behavior

We agree with Rachlin's argument that altruism is best understood as a case of self-control, and that a behavioral analysis is appropriate. However, the appeal to teleological behaviorism and the value of behavioral patterns may be unnecessary. Instead, we argue that altruism can generally be explained with traditional behavioral principles such as negative reinforcement, conditioned reinforcement, and rule-governed behavior.

Religion priming and an oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphism interact to affect self-control in a social context

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joni Y. Sasaki ◽  
Taraneh Mojaverian ◽  
Heejung S. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Oxytocin Receptor ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Oxytocin Receptor Gene ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Control Behavior ◽  
The Social ◽  
Socially Motivated

AbstractUsing a genetic moderation approach, this study examines how an experimental prime of religion impacts self-control in a social context, and whether this effect differs depending on the genotype of an oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphism (rs53576). People with different genotypes of OXTR seem to have different genetic orientations toward sociality, which may have consequences for the way they respond to religious cues in the environment. In order to determine whether the influence of religion priming on self-control is socially motivated, we examine whether this effect is stronger for people who have OXTR genotypes that should be linked to greater rather than less social sensitivity (i.e., GG vs. AA/AG genotypes). The results showed that experimentally priming religion increased self-control behaviors for people with GG genotypes more so than people with AA/AG genotypes. Furthermore, this Gene × Religion interaction emerged in a social context, when people were interacting face to face with another person. This research integrates genetic moderation and social psychological approaches to address a novel question about religion's influence on self-control behavior, which has implications for coping with distress and psychopathology. These findings also highlight the importance of the social context for understanding genetic moderation of psychological effects.

Attributional style and self-control behavior in depressed and nondepressed children and their parents

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine J. Kaslow ◽  
Lynn P. Rehm ◽  
Stephen L. Pollack ◽  
Alexander W. Siegel
Keyword(s):  
Attributional Style ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Control Behavior
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