ABSTRACT

From the foregoing chapters and the assumptions of the regressionprogression model (see Appendix I), it is evident that behavioral causality is no simple, straightforward matter. Ignoring for the moment that actual, in vivo behavior is itself exceptionally complex and difficult to define, we find its causes even more complex and problematic. Given that behavior is not a thing or entity but a dynamically fluctuating complex of hierarchically interactive activities operating at a given time, the question of causes seems virtually unanswerable. Yet, within this maelstrom of activity a certain order exists, most of which is hidden within the neurohumoral hardware of the organism and not accessible to human perception.