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
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 caused …
Game of Scones (Is Autism the “Next Phase in Human Evolution”?)
About ABA and individuality.
VOX Tech: The Language Calculator
1 Guest Blog Authored by: Janet Sanchez Enriquez, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA Shapers at Work, PLLC Janet Sanchez Enriquez, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA, attended the University of North Carolina Charlotte as an …
Bridging Verbal Behavior and Second Language Acquisition for Adult English Learners
1 Guest Blog Authored By: Mei-Hua Li, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LABA Dr. Mei-Hua Li received her bachelor’s degree in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences from Boston University and a master’s and …
“Mistakes of Undergraduate Proportions,” OR: Why ABA Survey Research Is So God-Awful Bad
We have met the enemy and it is us.
Shakespeare’s Alchemy
Apparently, Lawrence was right. Visitations by zombies to the streets of Rome has happened before. Here’s how Shakespeare reported the “Caesar incident” in the opening scene of Hamlet: In the …
Speaking of Age: Verbal Behavior in Later Life
3 Guest Blog Authored By: Jonathan Baker, Ph.D., BCBA-D Western Michigan University Dr. Jonathan Baker is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Western Michigan University. Prior …
What Kind of Verbal Operant is “Right?”
5 I am not the first person to wonder, “What is the function of asking Right? in the middle of a sustained flow of verbal behavior?” As the internet is …
From Dogma to Skepticism: The Essential Role of Humility in Scientific Discovery and Learning
5 Dear blog reader, This month’s contributor is Kian Assemi, a doctoral candidate currently wrapping up his PhD at University of Nevado, Reno. Given the stage Kian is at in …