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Gambrill, Eileen – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Applied behavior analysts have been helping people to enhance the quality of their lives for decades. Its characteristics as described by Baer, Wolf, and Risley continue to guide efforts to help clients and their significant others. Yet, this knowledge often languishes unused and unappreciated. Distortions and misrepresentations of applied…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Behavior Change, Behavior, Context Effect
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Jarrott, Shannon E.; Smith, Cynthia L. – Gerontologist, 2011
Purpose of the Study: We assessed whether a shared site intergenerational care program informed by contact theory contributed to more desirable social behaviors of elders and children during intergenerational programming than a center with a more traditional programming approach that lacks some or all of the contact theory tenets. Design and…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Social Theories, Programming, Evidence
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Osman, Magda – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
Complex dynamic control (CDC) tasks are a type of problem-solving environment used for examining many cognitive activities (e.g., attention, control, decision making, hypothesis testing, implicit learning, memory, monitoring, planning, and problem solving). Because of their popularity, there have been many findings from diverse domains of research…
Descriptors: Behavior, Hypothesis Testing, Cognitive Processes, Activities
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Cziko, Gary A. – Educational Researcher, 1992
Discusses problems for educational research posed by the unpredictability and indeterminism of human behavior. Presents a theory of purposeful behavior (perceptual control theory) to provide an explicit working model of how individuals produce repeatable outcomes via variable means. Describes primary characteristics of this theory and its…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Theories, Chaos Theory, Educational Research
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Cziko, Gary A. – Educational Researcher, 1992
Reiterates the author's convictions about the inadequacy of mainstream educational research. If perceptual control theory is correct in positing a closed-loop, negative feedback relationship between individuals and their environments, then current and mainstream educational research is not adequate for explaining purposeful behavior. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Theories, Educational Research, Educational Theories
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Amundson, Ron; And Others – Educational Researcher, 1992
Argues that G. A. Cziko's conclusions about the inadequacy of mainstream educational research result from misunderstandings of statistical method, philosophy of science, and other topics. Perceptual control theory, which he espouses, may contribute for educational research but its potential does not result from shortcomings of mainstream…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Theories, Educational Research, Educational Theories