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Applied Behavioral Science Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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A flight of behavior analysis
(Assn for Behavior Analysis, 1981)Comments on J. Michael's (1980) discussion on the flight from behavior analysis by looking positively upon the following points: The applied people are largely new personnel who are not quick to apply new basic findings ... -
Exploring the controlling conditions of importance
(Assn for Behavior Analysis, 1990)As part of a series of commentaries on M. Sidman's (1960) book, Tactics of Scientific Research, this review suggests adding 2 additional criteria to Sidman's 5 criteria for evaluating the importance of research. These ... -
Laboratory lore and research practices in the experimental analysis of human behavior: Subject selection
(Association for Behavior Analysis, 1988)Discusses data on S selection processes obtained from a literature survey and 52 members of the Association for Behavior Analysis. Choice of S samples is discussed in terms of marker variables, including age, gender, and ... -
Behavior analysis and public policy
(Assn for Behavior Analysis, 1988)Discusses the contexts and processes of policymaking, focusing on agenda formation and policy adoption, implementation, and review; and on the legislative and executive processes. Issues are outlined regarding the roles ... -
The Premack principle, response deprivation, and establishing operations
(Assn for Behavior Analysis, 2001)This paper describes response deprivation as an establishing operation. In this context, the authors review the concept of establishing operation, in particular, its reinforcer-establishing and evocative effects; response ... -
The discriminative stimulus for punishment or S (Dp)
(Assn for Behavior Analysis, 2001)Presents the term discriminative stimulus for punishment and an accompanying symbol S-super(Dp). In describing a study of stimulus control in response-cost punishment with humans, the author notes that there was difficulty ... -
Some reflections on 25 years of the Association for Behavior Analysis: Past, present, and future
(Assn for Behavior Analysis, 2001)This paper offers some reflections on the discipline and profession of behavior analysis, as well as on the Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA), on the occasion of the association's 25th anniversary. It is based on a ... -
Is fluency free-operant response-response chaining?
(Assn for Behavior Analysis, 1996)This article briefly reviews behavioral fluency and its 10 products. Fluency development requires three of the four free-operant freedoms: the freedom to present stimuli at the learner's rhythm, the freedom to form the ... -
On the invulnerability of behavior-analytic theory to biological research
(Assn for Behavior Analysis, 1996)Comments on the article by H. W. Reese (see record 1997-05919-001), and agrees with Reese's conclusion that current biological research aimed at a better understanding of behavior has not changed the preexisting behavioral ... -
W. Edwards Deming, quality analysis, and total behavior management
(Assn for Behavior Analysis, 1994)Suggests that the origins of the importance of quality are primarily rooted in the awakening recognition of the influence of W. E. Deming (1982, 1986) in the post-World War II restoration of Japanese industry. A brief ... -
Mechanism and contextualism in behavior analysis: Just some observations
(Assn for Behavior Analysis, 1993)Responds to peer commentary on his original article (see record 1993-39723-001) on behavior analysis and mechanism written by D. E. Blackman, R. L. Shull and P. S. Lawrence, and J. E. Staddon (see PA, Vols 23849, 23861, ... -
Behavior analysis and mechanism: One is not the other
(Assn for Behavior Analysis, 1993)Behavior analysts have been called mechanists, and behavior analysis is said to be mechanistic, that is, aligned with the philosophy of mechanism. What this means is analyzed by (1) examining standard and specialized ... -
The history of behavior analysis: Some historiography and a bibliography
(US: Assn for Behavior Analysis, 1990)Introduces the field of historiography (HSG) as it pertains to behavior analysis (BA), and provides a selective bibliography of BA by publication type and topic. In addition to discussing the purposes of HSG, 4 methodological ... -
Evaluating community coalitions for prevention of substance abuse: The case of project freedom
(Sage Publications, Inc., 1997)In the United States alone, there are more than 2,000 community coalitions to address local concerns about abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. This article describes an evaluation system used to examine the process, ... -
Analyzing the contribution of community change to population health outcomes in an adolescent pregnancy prevention initiative
(Sage Publications, Inc., 2002)Few evaluations of community initiatives have established a link between intermediate outcomes, such as community or systems change, and more distant population-level health outcomes (e.g., estimated rates of employment ... -
A review of collaborative partnerships as a strategy for improving community health
(Annual Reviews, 2000)Collaborative partnerships (people and organizations from multiple sectors working together in common purpose) are a prominent strategy for community health improvement. This review examines evidence about the effects of ...
