TY - JOUR AU - Novark, Gary PY - 2011/08/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A BEHAVIORAL SYSTEMS THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT JF - Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis JA - MJBA VL - 1 IS - 2 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.5514/rmac.v1.i2.27102 UR - https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmac/article/view/27102 SP - 181-196 AB - <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Behavioral Systems Theory &lt;881) is the confluence of principies from behavior analysis </span><span class="s2">and dynamical systems theory applied to human development. BSI takes a natural science approach to the study </span>of <span class="s1">the changas in bahavior/anvironment </span>relationships ovar tha lifespan. ln BSI, simple mechanisms produce complex <span class="s1">developmantal outcomas. Iba parallelism </span>between natural seiection and learning <span class="s3">ยก5 </span>emphasized and the importance of principIes of operant Iearning <span class="s1">in development is </span>stressed. Development is considerad to be multidirectional, multiply determinad and multileveled. Among the BSI principies described are reciprocai daterminism, nonlinearity, coalescent organization, leading parts, control parameters, and attractor <span class="s1">states. Ihe role of contingencias </span><span class="s2">in organizing patterns of behavior is presentad. </span><span class="s1">Weight is placed on davelopment as skills learning.</span></p> ER -