The four causes of behavior: Aristotle and Skinner

International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-57

  Álvarez, Marino Pérez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antecedent event; Efficient cause; Final cause; Formal cause; Material cause; Person; Private event; Teleological behaviorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949129748     PISSN: 15777057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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