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Behavior analysis is a well-known approach within the field of psychology that proposes behavior as the object of study, as opposed to other approaches which focus on the mind, cognitive processes, or the unconscious. Behavior is defined as the interaction between the organism’s manifestations (responses) and the changes in the environment that affect the organism’s response (stimuli). This is historically determined through three levels of selection: phylogenesis, ontogenesis, and culture. Psychopathologies can also be interpreted as behaviors, since they are manifestations of the organism’s interaction with the environment. However, they are differentiated by the harm caused to the subject and/or to the social environment in which he/she is inserted. The purpose of this chapter is to present the analytical-behavioral model for understanding human psychological phenomena, including the specific psychopathology of substance use disorders. |
