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14 Jan 2026 — 2 min read

Functional Contextualism (FC): Simple Explanation (Cheat Sheet)

Functional Contextualism is a way of understanding why people do what they do by looking at the situation they’re in and the experiences they've had in the past. Instead of just focusing on a single behavior by itself, FC asks questions like:
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