HOW IS PHYSIOLOGY RELEVANT TO BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS

Physiology is an important biological science; but behavior analysis i s not a biological science, and behavior analysts can safely ignore bi ological processes. However, ignoring products of biological processes might be a serious mistake. The important products include behavior, instinctive drift, behavior potentials, hunger, and many developmental milestones and events. Physiology deals with the sources of such prod ucts; behavior analysis can deal with how the products affect behavior , which can be understood without understanding their sources.