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Authors

  • Maria Teresa Araujo Silva Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/%25x

Abstract

The relationship between behavioral sciences and neurosciences is analised as an interchange relationship in which both retain their independence. The reduction of one into the other is not possible or even desirable. Knowledge and manipulation of the nervous system does not eliminate the role of reinforcement contingencies in determining behavior. The fundamental question of behavioral control is discussed and both neural and environmental control are considered. It is concluaed that environmental contingencies have a unique relevance in understanding, predicting and controlling behavior.

Author Biography

Maria Teresa Araujo Silva, Universidade de São Paulo

Possui Graduação em Pedagogia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Mestrado em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento - Columbia University, Doutorado em Psicologia (Psicologia Experimental) pela Universidade de São Paulo e Pós-Doutorado em Psicologia Experimental na Universidade de Harvard.

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Published

1988-01-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (1988)

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