Following Walter Nord (1969), the present article contains a predictive model of individual behavior based on both operant conditioning and management literatures. The behavior of an organizational member is seen as a function of the reinforcement contingencies applied by various groups in his environment and of his cognitive assessment of such…

This article is an attempt to focus upon some implications which will provide us with tools for understanding and dealing with the predicament of hostility. (Author/RK)

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The purpose of this paper is to provide a global examination of studying in terms of the characteristics, dimensions, and theory of the studying process. (Author/SJL)

A proper understanding of the interaction of the biological and the social in the production of humans and their society will only be possible following the recognition that both genes and environment are necessary to the expression of any behavior. (Author/WI)

This article focuses on two perspectives of the humanism-behaviorism dialogue: namely, the status of the dialogue in the ancient past, the period of postwar America in the 1940s, and the future of this dialogue in the remaining few decades of this century. (Author/AM)

This article addresses the following questions: (1) What are the aims and claims of contemporary sociobiology? (2) How does the enterprise fit into the history of ideas? and (3) Does sociobiology have the earmarks of being the beginning of a major synthesis? (Author/AM)

The dangers of a sociobiological approach to the problem of mind are discussed. (Author/AM)

Cognitive psychology lacks explicit theories that encompass more than a single experimental paradigm. This research presents a theory of memory retrieval that not only applies over a range of paradigms but also deals with experimental data in greater depth and more detail than competing models. The theory provides a rationale for relating…

Presents a model that borrows concepts of economic utility theory to describe the effects on behavior of a contingency among responses. If subjects allocate their time among responses to maximize the value of their behavior, contingency may be seen to restrict the set of available allocations. Describes the allocation of time to contingent,…

The authors consider the necessary conditions for group members and their consultants to study group processes together and summarize how consultants pass tests of the meaning and strength of their collaborative intentions. (Author/MLF)

The activity theory of aging, originally constructed on the basis of American research and tested predominantly in the USA, asserts an individual's life satisfaction is directly related to his degree of social interaction or level of activity. This theory was found to be relevant in the English context. (Author)