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Marr, M. Jackson – Behavior Analyst, 2012
Barba's (2012) paper is a serious and thoughtful analysis of a vexing problem in behavior analysis: Just what should count as an operant class and how do people know? The slippery issue of a "generalized operant" or functional response class illustrates one aspect of this problem, and "variation" or "novelty" as an operant appears to fall into…
Descriptors: Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Operant Conditioning, Behavioral Science Research, Behavior
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Ortu, Daniele – Behavior Analyst, 2012
In radical behaviorism, the difference between overt and covert responses does not depend on properties of the behavior but on the sensitivity of the measurement tools employed by the experimenter. Current neuroscientific research utilizes technologies that allow measurement of variables that are undetected by the tools typically used by behavior…
Descriptors: Priming, Reaction Time, Measurement Techniques, Behavioral Science Research
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Holth, Per – Behavior Analyst, 2012
A series of experiments on operant variability by Neuringer and colleagues (e.g., Neuringer, 1986, 2002; Page & Neuringer, 1985) have been repeatedly cited as showing that behavioral variability can be reinforced by making reinforcement contingent on it. They showed that the degree of variability in pigeons' eight-peck sequences, as measured by U…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Reinforcement, Topography
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Palmer, David C. – Behavior Analyst, 2010
Behavior analysis has exploited conceptual tools whose experimental validity has been amply demonstrated, but their relevance to large-scale and fine-grained behavioral phenomena remains uncertain, because the experimental analysis of these domains faces formidable obstacles of measurement and control. In this essay I suggest that, at least at the…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Eye Movements, Behavioral Science Research, Research Methodology
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Jarmolowicz, David P.; Lattal, Kennon A. – Behavior Analyst, 2010
Several different arrangements have been described for increasing the response requirements for reinforcement using the label "progressive-ratio schedule." Under the original progressive-ratio schedule, the response requirement is increased after each reinforcer. Subsequently, arrangements have been used in which the number of required responses…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Responses, Scientific Concepts, Behavioral Science Research
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Christopher, Paulette J.; Dougher, Michael J. – Behavior Analyst, 2009
Several published reports have now documented the clinical effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI). Despite its effectiveness, there are no generally accepted or empirically supported theoretical accounts of its effects. The theoretical accounts that do exist are mentalistic, descriptive, and not based on empirically derived behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Behavior Modification, Behavior Change, Motivation
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Nevin, John A. – Behavior Analyst, 2009
This article reviews evidence from basic and translational research with pigeons and humans suggesting that the persistence of operant behavior depends on the contingency between stimuli and reinforcers, and considers some implications for clinical interventions. (Contains 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Stimuli, Persistence, Reinforcement, Behavior Problems
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Strand, Paul S. – Behavior Analyst, 2009
In this article, I argue that a class of religious behaviors exists that is induced, for prepared organisms, by specific stimuli that are experienced according to a response-independent schedule. Like other schedule-induced behaviors, the members of this class serve as minimal units out of which functional behavior may arise. In this way, there…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Philosophy, Behavior
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Tonneau, F. – Behavior Analyst, 2006
Book-length treatments of behaviorism from a philosophical and historical perspective are few in number. Tilquin's (1942) is one of these, but its publication in French during World War II and the limited number of available copies make for difficult access. In this paper, I summarize the contents of the book for a general audience of behavior…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Behavioral Science Research, Philosophy, History