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Sidman, Murray – Behavior Analyst, 2004
Does the name of the special interest group, "The Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior," imply that those who analyze the behavior of human animals must organize themselves apart from those who analyze the behavior of nonhuman animals? Is the use of nonhumans in experiments really not relevant to the analysis of the behavior of humans? If so,…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Ethology, Etiology, Research Problems
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Reiss, Steven – Behavior Analyst, 2005
The undermining effect of extrinsic reward on intrinsic motivation remains unproven. The key unresolved issues are construct invalidity (all four definitions are unproved and two are illogical); measurement unreliability (the free-choice measure requires unreliable, subjective judgments to infer intrinsic motivation); inadequate experimental…
Descriptors: Motivation, Meta Analysis, Measurement, Construct Validity