Lesson 3: Functional Contextualism

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This lesson provides an overview of functional contextualism, the philosophy of science on which RFT is based.

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3.1 Concept Map

3.2 Concept Map: Functional Contextualism

3.3 Analytic Goal of Functional Contextualism

3.4 Defining Psychological Event

3.5 Functional Contextualism vs. Traditional Psychology

3.6 Prediction AND Influence

3.7 Focus on Manipulable Variables

3.8 Defining Manipulable Variable

3.10 Interventions are Part of the Context

3.11 Correlations Between Psychological Events

3.12 Limitations of Correlations

3.13 Importance of Contextual Variables

3.14 Attitudes and Smoking

3.15 Do Attitudes Cause Smoking?

3.16 Attitudes Before Behavior or After?

3.17 Prediction without Influence

3.18 Depression Example #1

3.19 Depression Example #1: Analysis

3.20 Depression Example #2

3.21 Depression Example #2: Analysis

3.22 Birth Control Example #1

3.23 Birth Control Example #1: Analysis

3.24 Birth Control Example #2

3.25 Birth Control Example #2: Analysis

3.26 Knowledge Check

3.27 Traditional Theories of Language

3.28 Lack of Focus on Context

3.29 RFT Focus on the Context of Language