Democracy is a Reinforcer. People Forego One Reinforcer for Others All The Time.
Gorking out on tyranny
The Human-Neanderthal Bottleneck: Did Relational Capabilities Make the Difference?
Did relational framing arise with homo sapiens?
Introducing bell hooks to teachers of behavior analysis
8 bell hooks (1952-2021) born Gloria Jean Watkins, was a scholar, educator, feminist, activist and so much more. hook was a Distinguished Professor at Berea College, KY, which houses the …
Behavior Analysis and the Analysis of Culture:
Glenn – On the Evolution of Culture Jeff Kupfer, Ph.D., BCBA-D and Ron Allen, Ph.D., BCBA-D University of Colorado and Simmons University The U.S. culture is in a tailspin and …
On Learned Beliefs about Regularities in Evaluations and Judgments
5 Dear blog reader, After a brief hiatus, we are back with a vengeance and joined by Dr. Simone Mattavelli. I first met Simone back when I was doing my …
The Power of Preference: Enhancing Functional Communication Training Through Learner and Caregiver Collaboration
Guest Blog post by: Cynthia Livingston, Ph.D., BCBA-D; Alexandra Cicero, M.A., BCBA; and Grace Lafo, M.S., CF-SLP Cynthia Livingston, Ph.D., BCBA-D is an assistant professor in the Severe Behavior Department at …
What is the Color of the Sky? Reasons for Answering “Blue”
1 Guest Blog Authored by: Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir, Ph.D., BCBA-D Dr. Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir is an associate professor in the Behavior Analysis program at the University of Nevada, Reno. She …
Management and the ‘New Science’[1]: Part Two
4 [1] Paper originally presented at the Netherlands Institute of Tourism Management, Breda and Enschede, The Netherlands, October, 2004. Introduction by Blog Coordinator Darnell Lattal, Ph.D.Those of us in OBM …
Can You Teach Mental Imagery to Someone Who Lacks It?
And just how powerful is the behavioral perspective on private events? We’re not doing enough to find out.
Autoclitics of Negation and Assertion
1 Broadly speaking, the autoclitic, in Skinner’s lexicon, is verbal behavior about one’s own verbal behavior. The verbal community wants to know, so to speak, some of the variables that …
Molar and Molecular Analyses in Behavior Analysis
2 Molecular and Molar Analyses in Behavior Analysis Ron Allen, Ph.D., BCBA-D and Jeff Kupfer, Ph.D., BCBA-D Simmons University and University of Colorado In 2012, William Baum published an article …
An Introduction to The Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies and Its Role in Advancing Behavior Science Worldwide
4 Introduction by Blog Coordinator Darnell Lattal, Ph.D. For many behavior analysts, the Cambridge Center for Behavior Studies is widely recognized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit hub where research and practice …
Game of Scones (Is Autism the “Next Phase in Human Evolution”?)
About ABA and individuality.