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Behavior analysis and the propositions of the social construction of knowledge

Nowadays there is a great interest of psychologists in analyzing the social construction of knowledge, always in a psychosocial perspective. Behaviorist psychologists, influenced by the skinnerian thought, have given their contribution. This work introduces some propositions of the Behavior Analysis concerning socially built knowledge and discusses the directions pointed out in l the analysis of "to know socially" and the implications of this analysis for an integration between behavior analysts and social psychologists.

Behavior Analysis; Social Knowledge; Social Behavior; Cultural Practices


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