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Morris, Edward K.; Lazo, Junelyn F.; Smith, Nathaniel G. – Behavior Analyst, 2004
This paper brings some data to bear on the criticisms, claims, and arguments that Skinner (a) denied or dismissed biological participation in behavior, (b) addressed it only late in his career or more often later than earlier, or (c) addressed it only because of the overwhelming evidence for it or the criticisms that he had overlooked it. For…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Physiology, Genetics, Evolution
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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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Bailey, Robert E.; Gillaspy, J. Arthur, Jr. – Behavior Analyst, 2005
Marian and Keller Breland pioneered the application of operant psychology to commercial animal training during the 1940s and 1950s. The Brelands' story is relatively unknown in the history of behavior analysis. Using information from the Breland-Bailey papers, this paper describes the development and activities of Animal Behavior Enterprises…
Descriptors: Psychology, Mass Media Effects, Animal Behavior, Ethology