Intentional Behaviorism: Philosophical Foundations of Economic Psychology

Intentional Behaviorism provides a theoretical background to understanding how and why consumers make the choices they do. The book integrates behavioral economics, consumer psychology, and decision-making research to explore intentional behaviorism, a theory that explains not only consumer choice, but also innovative and imitative behaviors. It explains these behaviors as they occur in modern humans, early hominids, and non-human animals such as primates and birds, viewing the behaviors in the contexts of modern human consumers in affluent marketing-oriented societies, cognitive archaeology, and cognitive etiology. Integrates research in behavioral economics, decision-making, cognitive psychology, and consumer psychologyOffers readers an interdisciplinary look at intentionality and intentional explanationsProposes a theory of intentional behaviorism to explain economic behavior, consumer choice, and other decision-makingApplies the theory (intentional behaviorism) to explain behavior in humans, primates, and birdsExamines the methodologies of philosophers of mind such as Dennett, Fodor, Dretske, Milikan, and Baker INDICE: 1. A Philosophical Basis for Intentional Explanation2. The Limiting Case: Radical Behaviorism3. Psychological Explanation4. Imitation and Innovativeness

• ISBN: 978-0-12-814584-5
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 225
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés