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Many threats society faces are self-engineered, with modifiable behaviors linked to reducing their potential harm for future generations. These challenging issues do not have transparent solutions, because an experimental analysis of behavior has not been functionally applied to larger group units. Mainstream society is a most complex form of group behavior, and single-subject research hides interactivity, but there is a middle ground. Relevant comparisons could be more easily made using smaller experimental communities that thrive by integrating into their ecosystem. This article describes how two behaviorally-inspired experimental communities function as total performance systems and provides suggestions for future analyses.
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Molina, B., Deochand, N. & McGee, H. Learning from Experimental Communities Using Behavioral Systems Analysis. Behav. Soc. Iss. 28, 174–188 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42822-019-00005-y
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