Selection at Three Levels of Organization: Does Structure Matter?

• Published in: Behavior and social issues Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 221 - 228
• Main Authors: Sandaker, Ingunn, Couto, Kalliu Carvalho, de Carvalho, Lucas Couto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.11.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Behavior; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Original Paper; Personality and Social Psychology; Psychology; Stimuli; Selection of cultures; Structure; Selection by consequences; Metacontingency

The structure, function, and processes of a system modulate human behavior on at least 3 levels of selection: biological, behavioral, and cultural. During phylogenesis, an acquired biological structure will enable the organism to discriminate antecedent and consequent stimuli that are functionally r...