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The Formal Theory of Behaviour

HE FORMAL THEORY OF BEHAVIOUR is a comprehensive new theory based on the principles of relational methodology. It is characterised by two qualities : (1) methodological purity and (2) conceptual appropriateness for the biological, psychic, and social aspects of behaviour. The Formal Theory differs from other theories in two ways : (1) It is neither physicalistic, mechanistic, organismic, nor vitalistic. It is an abstract, systemic, and purely mathematical role theory. The Formal Theory analyses and reduces systemic processes into simple forms using the relational method. (2) It is based on the study of the forms of intraand inter-personal relations conceived of as energetic quanta. The theory’s basic assumption is that psychic and social processes may be viewed as quasi-closed, steady-state energetic systems. This assumption permits dealing with the circumscribed interractional process as a relational totality obeying the exact laws of the relational method and of the mathematical group theory. The thesis is demonstrated by presentation of the Greek creation myth in which a paranoid attitude conceived of as a quantum of energy is transmitted intact from generation to generation. The perpetuation of this attitude during the five consecutive generations of the creation myth serves as a demonstration of the assumption of conservation of energy, of closure, and of formality in the nature of the behavioural process. In the paper are reviewed the implications and applications of the above thesis. Formal methodology permits the study of behaviour through normative role analysis. Normative role analysis, making use of quantifiable, graphically representable parameters, views relationally, development, psychological mechaninisms of defense, attitudes, health, illness, and therapy.