Religion as Schedule-Induced Behavior

Autor/in	Strand, Paul S.
Titel	Religion as Schedule-Induced Behavior
Quelle	In: Behavior Analyst, 32 (2009) 1, S.191-204 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0738-6729
Schlagwörter	Religion; Religious Factors; Philosophy; Behavior; Behavioral Science Research; Stimuli; Operant Conditioning; Responses; Scientific Concepts; Evolution; Reinforcement; Scheduling; Animals; Spiritual Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Philosophie; Anreizsystem; Operante Konditionierung; Positive Verstärkung; Disposition; Animal; Tier; Tiere
Abstract	In this article, I argue that a class of religious behaviors exists that is induced, for prepared organisms, by specific stimuli that are experienced according to a response-independent schedule. Like other schedule-induced behaviors, the members of this class serve as minimal units out of which functional behavior may arise. In this way, there exist two classes of religious behavior: nonoperant schedule-induced behaviors and operant behaviors. This dichotomy is consistent with the distinction insisted upon by religious scholars and philosophers between "graceful" and "effortful" religious behaviors. Embracing the distinction allows an explanation of many aspects of religious experience and behavior that have been overlooked or disregarded by other scientific approaches to religion. (Contains 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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