Current trends in psychological theory.

Kantor, J. R.

doi:10.1037/h0054290

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“…Kantor considered a scientific field as a "locus of interaction of the factors in an event" (1936, p. 155) and argued that scientific description always has such a field character because no event can be described in fewer than two variables acting simultaneously, that is, all knowledge claims are statements of relations between at least two interdependent variables. This is the essential radical departure from previous thinking that physicists first captured with the field construct, which carried with it the exclusion of hypothetical explanatory internal factors (Kantor, 1941). The fact that psychological events are at the same time physical ones does not, however, imply that the former are adequately described and explained by way of physical analogies.…”

Section: Ibf Theory Does Not Use Simplistic Direct Analogies Between mentioning

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Sketch of J. R. Kantor’s Psychological Interbehavioral Field Theory

Delprato

Smith

2009

Psychol Rec

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Sketch of J. R. Kantor’s Psychological Interbehavioral Field Theory

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Smith

2009

Psychol Rec

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“…Kantor (1941), in fact, reviewed several versions of field theory, including the well-known one of the gestaltists. However, these early attempts to take a field approach to psychology were not sufficiently advanced over earlier mechanical approaches because they contained internal principles and dualisms (Kantor, 1941;1969). Add to this deficiency their concurrent deviations from conventional mechanism and an impression of vagueness and untestability, and it is understandable that for many years mainstream psychologists were not favorably disposed to field theory.…”

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Behavioral systems analysis: Methodological strategies and tactics

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Delprato²

1989

Syst. Res.

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A general-systems model stressing the inherent organizational aspects of continuous behavioral-environmental interaction is presented as a natural extension of 20th century developments in scientific worldviews. The cultural context of scientific inquiry has often been depicted as a dynamic process which has evolved through at least three phases of philosophical orientation, or paradigmatics. Each paradigm has carried its own special implications for research strategies and tactics. Beginning with a substance-property view emphasizing self-action, scientific philosophy gradually shifted to a cause-effect orientation with emphasis on the lineal-mechanical aspects of that presumed process. Developments within this century have brought science to the integrated-fieldlsystems view of natural phenomena, with an associated emphasis on organizational properties and dynamics. However, psychology has lagged considerably in accommodating to this latter stage of scientific philosophy, both theoretically and methodologically. The model presented identifies with modern integrated-field/systems theory and offers empirical illustrations of its implications. Emphasis is placed on practical distinctions between structural, functional, and operational analysis, with special attention to such model-specific phenomena as behavioral velocity, kinematic syntax and variability, systemic coherence, and dynamic stability versus perturbed oscillations in systemic operations. Compatibilities between the behavioral systems model and various other contemporary efforts to expand psychological paradigmatics are reviewed in conclusion.KEY WORDS: behavioral systems, individual organism, scientific philosophy, systems methodology. w RITICAL OBSERVERS of behavioral sci- FROM INTEGRATED-FIELD TO SYSTEMS METHODOLOGYUnfortunately, the mechanistic stage of science left a methodological legacy in be-

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“…(Einstein & Infeld, 1938, p. 157) Although the biological and psychological sciences lagged behind physics in progression through the three stages of science (Kantor, 1946), field thinking definitely is found in contemporary psychology. Kantor (1941) noted several versions of field theory, including that of the gestaltists. However, the first attempts to take a field perspective in psychology were not sufficiently advanced over earlier lineal mechanical approaches because of their continued adherence to internal principles and dualisms (Kantor, 1941(Kantor, , 1969.…”

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“…Kantor (1941) noted several versions of field theory, including that of the gestaltists. However, the first attempts to take a field perspective in psychology were not sufficiently advanced over earlier lineal mechanical approaches because of their continued adherence to internal principles and dualisms (Kantor, 1941(Kantor, , 1969. Kantor (1959Kantor ( ,1969 and Kantor and Smith (1975) seem to be the theorists who have done the most to develop the modem field conception per se in psychology.…”

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Behavioral Field Systems Analysis: History and Scientific Relatives

Delprato

1992

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

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Sharpe and Hawkins's field systems analysis (or behavioral systems analysis; Ray & Delprato, 1989) uses investigative procedures that yield (a) descriptions in terms of (b) multiple concurrent factors (c) operating in real time. Examination of subsequent articles in this issue will reveal researchers who take description to levels rarely exhibited in behavioral research by (a) identifying, defining, and measuring far more than the usual limited number of variables, and (b) tracking the status of these variables on a moment-by-moment basis. The purpose of this paper is to place behavioral field systems analysis (FSA) into perspective historically and in terms of its relationship to behavioral science as a whole.

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Current trends in psychological theory.

Cited by 33 publications

References 97 publications

Sketch of J. R. Kantor’s Psychological Interbehavioral Field Theory

Sketch of J. R. Kantor’s Psychological Interbehavioral Field Theory

Behavioral systems analysis: Methodological strategies and tactics

Behavioral Field Systems Analysis: History and Scientific Relatives

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