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Neuringer, Allen – Behavior Analyst, 2011
The experimental analysis of behavior (EAB) is in trouble. Financial support for basic operant-conditioning research is difficult to obtain; teaching and research positions in colleges and universities are few; and bright undergraduates join other fields for graduate study. One reason for the difficulty is that EAB basic research does not focus…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Research, Financial Support, Scholarship
Lovaas, O. Ivar; Smith, Tristram – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1991
This response to a paper by Guess and Carr (EC 602 212) on stereotypy and self-injurious behavior in the disabled focuses on (1) potentially misleading statements that may discourage practitioners from operant approaches to stereotypy and self-injury, and (2) strengths and weaknesses of the model compared to existing operant models. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Intervention
Magoon, Thomas – Counseling Psychol, 1969
Comments on article by Ray E. Hosford, in same issue. Stresses his feeling that Hosford's total presentation was imbalanced in direction of overemphasis on modeling. (Author/CJ)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Content Analysis, Counseling, Counselor Training
Hosford, Ray E. – Counseling Psychol, 1969
Extensive review of the literature suggests that modeling procedures are effective means of changing behavior, not only with one client but with a group. School counselors, in particular, need to be aware of the negative effect of various grouping policies, and should expose behavior problem clients to socially acceptable models. Followed by…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Objectives
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Thoresen, Carl E.; Hosford, Ray E. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 1973
Article discusses selected observations on behaviorally oriented approaches to counseling, defines behavioral counseling, and examines current techniques. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Counseling Instructional Programs, Counseling Theories, Environmental Influences
Simpson, Richard L. – 1981
This paper presents a model for school psychologists to instruct parents in behavior modification procedures for use with their children. This model, designed for use by individuals who have a basic working knowledge of operant conditioning and applied behavior analysis procedures, consists of three training sessions which are outlined with…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Change Agents, Demonstrations (Educational)
Fanning, Fred; Newman, Isadore – 1974
Based on the assumption that inferential statistics can make the operant conditioner more sensitive to possible significant relationships, regressions models were developed to test the statistical significance between slopes and Y intercepts of the experimental and control group subjects. These results were then compared to the traditional operant…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Theories