The Meaning Of Behaviour

Author : J.R. Maze
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429642968

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The Meaning of Behaviour by J.R. Maze Pdf

Originally published in 1983, this title is a determined attack on personality theories current at the time. It critically examines their basic motivational constructs and rejects any that invoke goal-seeking as being inescapably teleological and therefore unacceptable as natural science. Dr Maze argues the necessity for an unqualified determinism in psychology, yet one that incorporates the role of cognitive processes in the formation of behaviour. However, action theories which profess to offer a causal account of apparently goal-seeking or voluntarist behaviour by reference to the internal states of desire for a goal and a belief about how to get it are also dismissed. For the concept of belief as an internal state is argued to be a relativistic one, defined as being intrinsically related to its object. This is an incoherent notion and one which cannot specify anything acceptable as a causal state. The one motivational theory in dynamic psychology which offered a solution to these problems was Sigmund Freud’s formulation of his instinctual drive concept, defined as an innate physiological driving mechanism with preformed consummatory behaviours: his ‘specific actions’. But his hydraulic models have been patronisingly dismissed by modern neurologists, arguing that there are no ‘flush-toilets’ in the central nervous system. This book argues that such a glib dismissal is shallow minded, and that a reformulation of Freud’s concept in terms of modern neuroscience is readily available, though the problem of identifying the relevant structures remains formidable. The book is of immediate interest to all those seriously concerned with the springs and meanings of human behaviour, whether they be psychologists, psychoanalysts, philosophers or those generally interested in social and ethical theory.

Author : J. R. Maze
Publisher : Allen & Unwin Australia
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Personality
ISBN : 0041500814

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The Meaning of Behaviour by J. R. Maze Pdf

Author : Emma Jeanes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780192527561

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A Dictionary of Organizational Behaviour by Emma Jeanes Pdf

This far-reaching and authoritative dictionary provides over 300 accessible definitions concerning the interdisciplinary subject of organizational behaviour. It covers the main topics of the field—from ethics, stress and wellbeing, and teamwork, to leadership and management knowledge. Including entries on key terms such as actor-network theory, iron cage, organizational space, and work-life balance, this dictionary encapsulates the different perspectives and concepts that make up organizational behaviour all in one easy-to-use platform. Containing a guide to further reading indicating key texts in the appendices, this dictionary will be useful to students, lecturers, and business professionals alike and serves as the perfect accompaniment to dictionaries of Business and Management, Human Resource Management, Marketing, and Psychology.

Author : Charles Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000389647

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The Explanation of Behaviour by Charles Taylor Pdf

The Explanation of Behaviour was the first book written by the renowned philosopher Charles Taylor. A vitally important work of philosophical anthropology, it is a devastating criticism of the theory of behaviourism, a powerful explanatory approach in psychology and philosophy when Taylor's book was first published. However, Taylor has far more to offer than a simple critique of behaviourism. He argues that in order to properly understand human beings, we must grasp that they are embodied, minded creatures with purposes, plans and goals, something entirely lacking in reductionist, scientific explanations of human behaviour. Taylor’s book is also prescient in according a central place to non-human animals, which like human beings are subject to needs, desires and emotions. However, because human beings have the unique ability to interpret and reflect on their own actions and purposes and declare them to others, Taylor argues that human experience differs to that of other animals. Furthermore, the fact that human beings are often directed by their purposes has a fundamental bearing on how we understand the social and moral world. Taylor’s classic work is essential reading for those in philosophy and psychology as well as related areas such as sociology and religion. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Preface by the author and a new Foreword by Alva Noë, setting the book in philosophical and historical context.

Author : Gordon R. Foxall
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415196450

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Consumer Behaviour Analysis by Gordon R. Foxall Pdf

Author : Philip Whitaker,David Edwards,Jane Harley,Helen Joy
Publisher : AAPC Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Autiism
ISBN : 9781931282079

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Challenging Behaviour and Autism by Philip Whitaker,David Edwards,Jane Harley,Helen Joy Pdf

This book is for parents, teachers and carers of young people with autistic spectrum disorders. It offers practical strategies for preventing or managing the commonest sorts of challenging behaviour. The book's core message can be summed up in a single sentence: to change a child's behaviour one needs to be able to make sense of that behaviour - and making sense of that behaviour means making sense of the child's autism.

Author : Frank Honywill George,Les Johnson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Computers
ISBN : 2881241107

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Purposive Behaviour and Teleological Explanations by Frank Honywill George,Les Johnson Pdf

Author : Charles Doyle
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191044991

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A Dictionary of Marketing by Charles Doyle Pdf

A Dictionary of Marketing is an accessible and wide-ranging A-Z, providing over 2,600 entries on topics spanning terms for traditional marketing techniques (from strategy, positioning, segmentation, and branding, to all aspects of marketing planning, research, and analysis), as well as leading marketing theories and concepts. Both classic and modern marketing techniques are covered. Entries reflect modern changes in marketing practice, including the use of digital and multi media, the impact of the world wide web on advertising, and the increased influence of social media, search engine optimization, and global marketing. Also included is a time line of the development of marketing as a discipline and the key events that impacted the development, as well as over 100 relevant web links, accessed and updated via a companion website. In addition, the main appendix provides greater depth on the subject, including advertising and brand case studies with a strong international focus. These are arranged thematically, e.g. automobile industry, food and drink, luxury goods, and focus on iconic brands, marketing campaigns, and slogans of the 20th century that have permeated our collective consciousness, exploring how the ideas defined in the main text of the book have been utilised successfully in practice across the globe. This dictionary is an indispensable resource for students of marketing and related disciplines, as well as a practical guide for professional practitioners.

Author : Maria Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136908873

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Understanding Behaviour and Development in Early Childhood by Maria Robinson Pdf

In this accessible and thought-provoking text, the author examines the behaviour of babies and young children in a developmental context, and takes into account the shifts and changes over time as young children grow and mature. Understanding Behaviour and Development in Early Childhood reveals, for example, how behaviour perceived as ‘difficult’ in a young child may be the manifestation of a response to emotional, sensory and cognitive experiences. Throughout the book, readers will find a strong emphasis on emotional well-being and the need to place our understanding of behaviour within a developmental time frame. Based on wide ranging professional experience the topics examined and discussed in this insightful book include: what we understand by ‘behaviour’ how the brain and senses work and mature during early childhood behaviour as a reflection of the child’s internal state what emotions are and how we learn what feelings mean to us as individuals how emotions affect our ability to learn how we develop a sense of self. The book provides suggestions for how adults may think about and respond to changes in children’s behaviour, and how we may support children in learning how to manage their own behaviour as they grow older and encounter wider and more complex situations. Understanding the meaning of behaviour is a constant challenge for anyone working with children. This developmental approach promotes a helpful reflective stance for practitioners and students working in early childhood education and care.

Author : Anna Branagan,Melanie Cross,Stephen Parsons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000162981

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Language for Behaviour and Emotions by Anna Branagan,Melanie Cross,Stephen Parsons Pdf

This practical, interactive resource is designed to be used by professionals who work with children and young people who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs and Speech, Language and Communication needs. Gaps in language and emotional skills can have a negative impact on behaviour as well as mental health and self-esteem. The Language for Behaviour and Emotions approach provides a systematic approach to developing these skills so that young people can understand and work through social interaction difficulties. Key features include: A focus on specific skills that are linked to behaviour, such as understanding meaning, verbal reasoning and emotional literacy skills. A framework for assessment, as well as a range of downloadable activities, worksheets and resources for supporting students. Sixty illustrated scenarios that can be used flexibly with a wide range of ages and abilities to promote language skills, emotional skills and self-awareness. This invaluable resource is suitable for use with young people with a range of abilities in one to one, small group or whole class settings. It is particularly applicable to children and young people who are aiming to develop wider language, social and emotional skills including those with Developmental Language Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Author : B. F. Skinner
Publisher : B. F. Skinner Foundation
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780989983907

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Verbal Behavior by B. F. Skinner Pdf

In 1934, at the age of 30, B. F. Skinner found himself at a dinner sitting next to Professor Alfred North Whitehead. Never one to lose an opportunity to promote behaviorism, Skinner expounded its main tenets to the distinguished philosopher. Whitehead acknowledged that science might account for most of human behavior but he would not include verbal behavior. He ended the discussion with a challenge: "Let me see you," he said, "account for my behavior as I sit here saying, 'No black scorpion is falling upon this table.'" The next morning Skinner began this book. It took him over twenty years to complete. This book extends the laboratory-based principles of selection by consequences to account for what people say, write, gesture, and think. Skinner argues that verbal behavior requires a separate analysis because it does not operate on the environment directly, but rather through the behavior of other people in a verbal community. He illustrates his thesis with examples from literature, the arts, and sciences, as well as from his own verbal behavior and that of his colleagues and children. Perhaps it is because this theoretical work provides a way to approach that most human of human behavior that Skinner ofter called Verbal Behavior his most important work.

Author : William T Powers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9798218324193

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Making Sense of Behavior by William T Powers Pdf

Making Sense of Behavior is the long-anticipated work on Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) by the originator written for the general reader in nontechnical language. From the author: "This is a book about human nature, as we try to guess about it by watching human behavior. It's about a particular theory that seems to fit a great deal of what we see people doing and a great deal of our own private experience. A lot of people think that this is a pretty good theory. But my object in this book is not to persuade you that the theory is right, either by itself or by comparison with other theories. My main objective is to tell you what the theory is and why it has been constructed as it is. I will tell you of the observations that I have thought needed an explanation, and of how this theory appears to explain them. You can decide for yourself whether the theory and the observations go together, and are important."

Author : Maria G. Piacentini,Charles C. Cui
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135744151

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Multicultural Perspectives in Customer Behaviour by Maria G. Piacentini,Charles C. Cui Pdf

With globalisation taking centre stage in the business world and multiculturalism affecting markets and societies, there is a need to understand the ways that customers respond to the changing marketplace from international and multicultural perspectives. This book is timely in addressing important themes raised in the most recent marketing literature, such as: global consumer culture, and the impact of Western culture on consumer behaviour in other countries; consumer acculturation processes, and the impact on identity conflicts and the strategies people use to manage them; globalisation vs. localised strategies, and the interaction of local and global influences on customer behaviour; climate change and global warming, the impact on consumer behaviour, and the implications for social responsibility; and cross-cultural customer research, including important methodological questions around the application of sociological, group-level measures to psychological, individual-level phenomenon in marketing contexts. The papers in this edition address those themes, reporting on studies from a range of countries, including Germany, Greece, China, and Austria, and a number of cultural groups in the UK. These papers draw on quantitative and qualitative methodologies, reflecting the full range of methods employed in contemporary consumer research. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Marketing Management.

Author : Reijo Savolainen
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0810861119

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Everyday Information Practices by Reijo Savolainen Pdf

In general, information practices are viewed as tools that people use to further their everyday projects. Essentially, people's information practices draw on their stocks of knowledge that form the habitual starting point of information seeking, use, and sharing. To judge the value of information available in external sources like newspapers and the Internet, people construct information source horizons. They set information sources in order of preference and suggest information seeking paths, such as "first check the net, then visit the library." Everyday Information Practices draws on interviews with environmental activists and unemployed people during 2005 and 2006, exploring the practices of information seeking by focusing on the ways in which the participants monitored everyday events and sought information to solve specific problems. The book shows that everyday information seeking practices tend to be oriented by the principle of "good enough." Overall, the role of routines and habits is more significant than has earlier been assumed. Thus, everyday information seeking practices tend to change quite slowly.

Author : Ewa Zarkowska,John Clements
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429886928

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Problem Behaviour and People with Severe Learning Disabilities by Ewa Zarkowska,John Clements Pdf

First published in 1994. This book is a practical guide for those involved in the daily care, education and development of people with learning disabilities and additional behavioural and emotional disturbances. It will assist professional helpers in understanding the nature of an individual’s difficulties and in developing interventions aimed at alleviating them.