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Behavior Science Perspectives on Culture and Community

  • Supports and equips both specialists who intend to do research or practice with community and cultural-level systems, while remaining accessible enough for graduate students
  • Timely and unique in its presentation of culturo-behavior systems science and building of connections for how this emerging sub-discipline can be taught more widely in behavior analysis education programs
  • Meets emerging curricular needs exceptionally well, as it will be relevant for Verified Course Sequences (VCSs) for behavior analysis VCSs and ABAI accredited graduate training degree programs
  • Contributors include many of the major scholars and practitioners conducting research and/or practicing in communities and larger cultural systems

Part of the book series: Behavior Analysis: Theory, Research, and Practice (BATRP)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. History and Progress in Cultural and Community Science

    • Traci M. Cihon, Mark A. Mattaini
    Pages 1-21
  3. Toward Consistent Terminology in a Behaviorist Approach to Cultural Analysis

    • Sigrid S. Glenn, Maria E. Malott, Maria Amalia Pia Abib Andery, Marcelo Benvenuti, Ramona A. Houmanfar, Ingunn Sandaker et al.
    Pages 23-41
  4. Cultural Systems Analysis: An Emerging Science

    • Mark A. Mattaini
    Pages 43-65
  5. Complex Systems and Social Behavior: Bridging Social Networks and Behavior Analysis

    • Fabio Bento, Marco Tagliabue, Ingunn Sandaker
    Pages 67-91
  6. Multiple Perspectives on Establishing a Research Lab in Culturo-Behavior Science

    • Traci M. Cihon, April Becker, Daniele Ortu, Sigrid S. Glenn
    Pages 93-117
  7. Experimental Analysis in Culturo-Behavior Science: The Search for Basic Processes

    • Traci M. Cihon, Aécio Borba, Carlos Ramiro Lopez, Kyosuke Kazaoka, Lucas Couto de Carvalho
    Pages 119-150
  8. Role of Cultural Milieu in Cultural Change: Mediating Factor in Points of Contact

    • Ramona A. Houmanfar, José G. Ardila Sánchez, Mark P. Alavosius
    Pages 151-170
  9. Applying Behavioral Science to Large-Scale Social Changes

    • João Claudio Todorov, Roberta Freitas Lemos
    Pages 171-193
  10. Ethics for Cultural and Community Applications of Behavioral Science

    • Traci M. Cihon, Diana Walker, Kyosuke Kazaoka, Malika Pritchett
    Pages 195-219
  11. Global Sustainability: A Behavior Analytic Approach

    • Brett W. Gelino, Tyler G. Erath, Holly A. Seniuk, Molli M. Luke, Meredith S. Berry, R. Wayne Fuqua et al.
    Pages 257-281
  12. Can Stories Influence Sustainable Behavior?

    • Lyle Grant, Melanie Forrest
    Pages 283-306
  13. A Behavioral Community Approach to Community Health and Development: Tools for Collaborative Action

    • Jomella Watson-Thompson, Vincent T. Francisco, Kaston D. Anderson-Carpenter
    Pages 333-356
  14. Public Policy Advocacy in Culturo-Behavior Science

    • Mark A. Mattaini, Jovonnie L. Esquierdo-Leal, José G. Ardila Sánchez, Sarah M. Richling, Amy N. Ethridge
    Pages 385-412
  15. Activism, Advocacy, and Accompaniment

    • José G. Ardila Sánchez, Sarah M. Richling, Molly L. Benson, Richard F. Rakos
    Pages 413-436
  16. Back Matter

    Pages 437-445

About this book

All science proceeds by progressively building on the work of others while remaining open to new discoveries and challenging existing conceptual frameworks. The same is true of culturo-behavior science.

This textbook presents the scientifically rigorous work of the last several decades that has taken a behavior-analytic view of social and cultural processes, with an eye for contributions that address social and cultural issues. The chapters herein explore and elaborate on the history, theories, and methodologies of culturo-behavior science and those of its researchers and practitioners. Throughout this volume, the authors intentionally prompt students to both learn from and question the current theory and methods while shaping their own research and practice.

This book presents multiple intersecting perspectives intended for graduate-level students of behavior analysis. Contributors to this volume include many of the major scholars and practitioners conducting research and/or practicing in communities and larger cultural systems. Their work is scientifically guided, systemic, and ecologically valid; it includes basic research as well as efforts having applications in community health, sustainability, environmental issues, and social justice, among other matters. There is material here to support specialists preparing to do research or practice within community and cultural-level systems. As well, students who intend to do direct and clinical work will find the background they need to make contributions to the field as engaged, informed citizens.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Behavior Analysis, University of North Texas, Denton, USA

    Traci M. Cihon

  • Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Mark A. Mattaini

About the editors

Traci M. Cihon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavior Analysis at the University of North Texas. Dr. Cihon received her MA in Psychology with a specialization in Behavior Analysis from the University of Nevada-Reno and completed her PhD in Special Education with an emphasis in Applied Behavior Analysis at The Ohio State University. At UNT she teaches Verbal Behavior, Introduction to Behavior Principles, Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues in Behavior Analysis, and she coordinates the Teaching Science Laboratory that is responsible for the delivery of instruction for undergraduate Introduction to Behavior Analysis courses. 


Mark A. Mattaini, DSW, ACSW, holds an emeritus appointment at Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), where he was previously director of the doctoral program. He has developed, implemented, and researched behavioral strategies for individual, family, organizational, community and policy level interventions in the US, Canada, and Latin America, increasingly emphasizing advocacy, accompaniment, and activism in recent years. Consistent with that emphasis, his recent scholarship has focused on nonviolent action supporting social justice, and behavioral systems science at the cultural level. He is a research affiliate of the UIC Center for Research on Violence, and has chaired 25 dissertations related to responses to social issues. Most of his Ph.D. graduates are engaged in research and practice with marginalized populations, including those victimized by—and perpetrating—violence, and in developing evidence-guided supports for young people experiencing homelessness and social exclusion. Dr. Mattaini is author or editor of 13 books, two of the most recent being Strategic Nonviolent Power: The Science of Satyagraha, and Leadership for Cultural Change: Managing Future Well-Being, as well as numerousother publications. Editor of the interdisciplinary journal Behavior and Social Issues, Dr. Mattaini has served on the editorial boards of multiple journals in behavior analysis and social work. ABAI Convention Program Board Coordinator from 2013-2017, he has also been a long-time member of the Board of Planners for Behaviorists for Social Responsibility, the oldest ABAI SIG.

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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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