This volume goes beyond theory and gives the empirical and conceptual tools to conduct an experimental analysis of virtually every substantive topic in human language and cognition, both basic and applied. It challenges behavioral psychology to abandon many of the specific theoretical formulations of its most prominent historical leader in the domain of complex human behavior, especially in human language and cognition, and approach the field from a new direction. It will be of interest to behavior theorists, cognitive psychologists, therapists, and educators.

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Part I: The Basic Account. 1. Language and Cognition: Constructing an Alternative Approach Within the Behavioral Tradition; S.C. Hayes, et al. 2. Derived Relational Responding as Learned Behavior; S.C. Hayes, et al. 3. Multiple Stimulus Relations and the Transformation of Stimulus Functions; D. Barnes-Holmes, et al. 4. Relations Among Relations: Analogies, Metaphors, and Stories; I. Stewart, et al. 5. Thinking, Problem-Solving, and Pragmatic Verbal Analysis; S.C. Hayes, et al. 6. Understanding and Verbal Regulation; D. Barnes-Holmes, et al. 7. Self and Self-Directed Rules; D. Barnes-Holmes, et al. 8. Relational Frame Theory: A Précis; S.C. Hayes, et al. Part II: Extensions and Applications. 9. Psychological Development; Y. Barnes-Holmes, et al. 10. Education; Y. Barnes-Holmes, et al. 11. Social Processes; B. Roche, et al. 12. Psychopathology and Psychotherapy; K.G. Wilson, et al. 13. Religion, Spirituality, and Transcendence; D. Barnes-Holmes, et al. Epilogue. References. Index.