Interbehaviorism: A Comprehensive Guide to the Foundations of Kantor's Theory and Its Applications for Modern Behavior Analysis

by Linda J. Hayes PhD, Mitch J Fryling PhD

Overview

A comprehensive guide to the work of Jacob Robert Kantor, and a must-have for anyone interested in behavior analysis or cognitive behavioral science.

Often overlooked or misunderstood, the work of American psychologist Jacob Robert Kantor is finally being recognized for its contribution to contextual behavior sciences. This important volume brings Kantor’s prescient work into the twenty-first century, teaching readers the foundations and unique features of interbehaviorism in a straightforward way, and exploring the profound effects it has in applied domains like perspective-taking, feelings and emotions, interpersonal relationships, and more.

In this volume, you’ll find detailed explanations of Kantor’s theory, as well as its research assumptions and foundations. Whether you’re a behavior therapist, contextual behavior scientist, behavior analyst, student of behavior analysis, or simply interested in the history of interbehaviorism and its modern applications, this book is an essential addition to your professional library.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684036837
Publisher:	New Harbinger Publications
Publication date:	04/01/2023
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Linda J. Hayes, PhD, is a Distinguished International Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. She cofounded the behavior analysis program at the University of Nevada, Reno; and has served two terms as president of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. She has published works on behavior theory and philosophy from an interbehavioral perspective for four decades.

Mitch J. Fryling, PhD, is professor and associate dean in the college of education at California State University, Los Angeles. He has authored and coauthored many scholarly publications, primarily in the area of behavioral theory and philosophy, especially as it pertains to complex human behavior and system development in behavior analysis. He is current editor of The Psychological Record.

Interviews

Hayes resides in Reno, NV; Fryling resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Editorial Reviews

This book clarifies Kantor’s comprehensive philosophy of a science of behavior/environment relations. Pragmatically, understanding the interrelations of the operant and history of instruction of development, setting events, and phylogeny is simply fundamental to successful applied work, not unlike Israel Goldiamond’s clinical systems analyses. Current exciting work in the basic and applied/basic science is doing that. This book is timely, and a necessary text for courses on ‘concepts and principles of behavior.’”
—R. Douglas Greer, PhD, CABAS SBA, SRS, professor of psychology and education at Columbia University Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

R. Douglas Greer

Hayes and Fryling provide an extended overview of interbehavioral psychology and its foundational contribution to the science of behavior. Their discussion of interdisciplinary science offers a timely context for our examination of the current and future practices in behavior science. Moreover, their outstanding review of the interbehavioral concepts and implicit responding highlight implications of this approach for research and practice. Important read for academicians, researchers, and practitioners in behavior science.”
—Ramona A. Houmanfar, PhD, professor of psychology and director of the behavior analysis program at the University of Nevada, Reno; author of over eighty articles; and coeditor of three books

Ramona A. Houmanfar

Although I didn’t realize it, I’ve been waiting for this book for most of my academic career. And having read it, I now find that I am, philosophically, more of a Kantorian than a Skinnerian. But this work is also critically important for those outside of behaviorism, and indeed academic psychology writ large. Anyone with an interest in science and/or philosophy should study this wonderfully crafted, scholarly, and erudite text.”
—Dermot Barnes-Holmes, professor of psychology at Ulster University, and fellow of the Association for Behavior Analysis International and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science

Dermot Barnes-Holmes

Hayes and Fryling offer a valuable contribution to the understanding of J. R. Kantor’s philosophy and its relevance to the investigation, application, and interpretation of behavioral phenomena. Interbehaviorism brings a comprehensive perspective of the complexity involved in systems where behavior is embedded. It adds to Skinner’s inductive analysis of behavior as a function of the environment. This book should be required reading for students of behavior analysis.”
—Maria E. Malott, PhD, CEO of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, who publishes on analyses of complex cultural phenomena from a behavioral science perspective

Maria E. Malott

This book is the clearest primer of the interbehavioral position ever written. While interbehaviorism has been a recognizable strand within behavioral psychology for the last century, many find J. R. Kantor hard to read and to understand. In the modern day, field theoretical concepts and the analytic tools needed to measure and study them are gaining traction. Written by two of the foremost living interbehavioral scholars, for students and others unfamiliar with Kantor’s effort at system building, there is no better place to begin.”
—Steven C. Hayes, PhD, Nevada Foundation Professor of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno

Steven C. Hayes

Interbehaviorism by Linda Hayes and Mitch Fryling is not only an introductory text to the logic and categories of interbehaviorism as formulated by J.R. Kantor almost a century ago. It is also a comprehensive conceptual analysis of the nature of psychological theory, and its relationship with research, application, and interpretation. The book focuses mainly on comparing interbehavioral concepts with those of traditional dualistic theories and with operant psychology analyses. Elegant examples are provided on varied topics related to human behavior, such as language, memory, feelings, and development, among others. This is a very needed text in the field in order to provide conceptual awareness not only to newcomers and students, but also to experienced researchers and teachers.”
—Emilio Ribes-Iñesta, PhD, researcher at the University of Veracruz at Xalapa (Mexico), devoted to theoretical and experimental analysis of psychological behavior from the standpoint of field theory

Emilio Ribes-Iñesta