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Title Cultural contingencies : behavior analytic perspectives on cultural practices / edited by P.A. Lamal
Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1997

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Description viii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Preventive Medicine and Cultural Contingencies: A Natural Experiment / Melbourne P. Hovell, Dennis R. Wahlgren and Stergios Russos -- 2. Compliance, Health Service, and Behavior Analysis / Joel Greenspoon -- 3. Activity Anorexia: The Interplay of Culture, Behavior, and Biology / W. David Pierce and W. Frank Epling -- 4. A Behavioral Analysis of Collaborative Partnerships for Community Health / Stergios Russos, Stephen B. Fawcett and Vincent T. Francisco [et al.] -- 5. Behavior Analysis and Demographics: Government Control of Reproductive Behavior and Fertility in the Province of Quebec, Canada / Catherine Krull and W. David Pierce -- 6. Women's Roles in Japan's Economic Success and in the Problems that Resulted / Miyako Tazaki and Donald M. Baer -- 7. Reworking Welfare: Untangling the Web / Mark A. Mattaini and Jennifer L. Magnabosco
8. Behavior Analysis and Social Welfare Policy: The Example of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) / Larry Nackerud, R. Jefferson Waller and Katherine Waller [et al.] -- 9. Improving Childrearing in America's Communities / Anthony Biglan, Carol W. Metzler and Rollen C. Fowler [et al.] -- 10. The Formation and Survival of Experimental Communities / John A. Nevin -- 11. Corporate Control of Media and Propaganda: A Behavior Analysis / Richard E. Laitinen and Richard F. Rakos -- 12. A Behavioral View of the Visual Arts / P. A. Lamal
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Social psychology.
Behavioral assessment.
Social interaction.
Human behavior.
Author Lamal, Peter A.
LC no. 97001919
ISBN 0275957764 alkaline paper