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Mabry, Patricia L.; Kaplan, Robert M. – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
This supplement of "Health Education & Behavior" showcases the current state of the field of systems science applications in health promotion and public health. Behind this work lies a steady stream of public dollars at the federal level. This perspective details nearly a decade of investment by the National Institutes of…
Descriptors: Public Health, Health Promotion, Systems Approach, Behavioral Science Research
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Bourret, Jason C.; Iwata, Brian A.; Harper, Jill M.; North, Stephen T. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
Five individuals with autism or other developmental disabilities participated in paired-stimulus preference assessments during repeated baseline probes. All subjects initially showed a pronounced bias by typically selecting the stimulus placed in either the left or right position. Biased responding for 3 subjects was eliminated when training…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Reinforcement, Mental Retardation
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Vasconcelos, Marco; Urcuioli, Peter J.; Lionello-DeNolf, Karen M. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2007
Zentall and Singer (2007) challenge our conclusion that the work-ethic effect reported by Clement, Feltus, Kaiser, and Zentall (2000) may have been a Type I error by arguing that (a) the effect has been extensively replicated and (b) the amount of overtraining our pigeons received may not have been sufficient to produce it. We believe that our…
Descriptors: Replication (Evaluation), Failure, Behavioral Science Research, Reliability
Rosen, Sidney; And Others – 1977
This paper describes the results of some same-college-age peer tutoring experiments. It is based on a theoretical model that calls for greater satisfaction and performance to result from being assigned the role of tutor than of tutee, and under equitable (status-congruent) rather than inequitable conditions. Same-sex tutoring pairs were formed of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Elementary Education, Helping Relationship, Models
Van Sickle, Douglas J. – 1977
This paper describes the results of a study to: (1) design and evaluate three clinically practicable (e.g., non-analogue) regimens which emphasize treatment components of either behavioral rehearsal and feedback, anxiety management, or a combination of anxiety management and behavior reversal/feedback, and (2) examine the relative effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Behavior Change
Albin, Richard W. – 1993
In order for schools and community agencies to develop the capacity to support persons with severe patterns of problem behaviors in typical community settings, they need to be knowledgeable about recent behavioral advances and have processes in place for implementation of these advances. This need creates a new challenge for inservice training of…
Descriptors: Attendants, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavioral Science Research