Behavioral relations as the subject matter of Psychology: some remarks

The paper presents behavior analysis as a psychological system that assumes individual-environment relations as its subject matter, and then discusses some theoretical, methodological, and practical implications of such a view. The emphasis on behavioral relations is interpreted as a counterpart to individualistic conceptions of man and to derived psychological concepts. It is argued, however, that an appropriate estimation of the breadth of behavior analysis as a psychological discipline requires understanding how behavior-analytic concepts support the exam of psychological phenomena in contexts that do not match those found in laboratories, where basic research is held. Keywords: behavior analysis; radical behaviorism; behavioral relations.