This issue is about a behavioral-developmental account of stage, value, and action that integrates the following three paradigms:
- a behavioral paradigm, which includes notions of value (as established by reinforcement)
- a developmental paradigm, as primarily measured by stage of development
- a quantitative paradigm
A mathematical technique for predicting an organism's behavior that is based on the integration of these different paradigms would be extremely valuable and widely applicable to a range of organisms and behaviors, as discussed in the various contributions to the issue.
This issue presents the first examples of a general and more integrative theory of behavior based on this approach.
Table of contents
The Interaction Between Stage and Value
Pages 1–5
Commons, Michael Lamport
Stages of Investing Generated Using the Model of Hierarchical Complexity
Pages 6–23
Commons, Michael Lamport; Thexton, Christine Spencer
Replacing Maslow's Needs Hierarchy With an Account Based on Stage and Value
Pages 24–31
Harrigan, William Joseph; Commons, Michael Lamport
Directions Toward a Meta-Process Model of Decision Making: Cognitive and Behavioral Models of Change
Pages 32–44
McFall, Joseph P.
Rational, Normative, Descriptive, Prescriptive, or Choice Behavior? The Search for Integrative Metatheory of Decision Making
Pages 45–59
McFall, Joseph P.
Cognitive Complexity, Religious Cognition, Cognitive Development, and Religious Judgment: An Empirical Study of Relationships Amongst "Normal" and "Gifted" Young People
Pages 60–69
Toth-Gauthier, Maria; Day, James M.
Reinforced Correct Answers to Next Stage Problems Produced the Highest Stage Performance in Traditional Nonliterates Found in the World
Pages 70–75
Upadhyaya, Reema Eda; Giri, Sagun; Commons, Michael Lamport
Stage of Pricing Strategy Predicts Earnings: A Study of Informal Economics
Pages 76–92
Miller, Patrice Marie; Commons, Michael Lamport; Li, Eva Yujia; Golino, Hudson Fernandes; Commons-Miller, Lucas A. H.; Tuladhar, Charu Tara
Stage of Development and Million Dollar per Year Earning From Sales
Pages 93–105
Goodheart, Eric Andrew; Commons, Michael Lamport; Chen, Shuling Julie
Order of Hierarchical Complexity ("Stage") of Items Used to Measure Forensic Experts' Perceptions of Expert Bias Predicts the Amount of Bias
Pages 106–113
Commons, Michael Lamport
The Sufficiency of Reinforcing Problem Solutions for Transition to the Formal Stage
Pages 114–130
Commons, Michael Lamport; Davidson, Martin N.
