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 …
The Reno Methodology 2.0: AI and Qualitative Insights in Verbal Behavior
3 Guest Blog Authored by: Yors Garcia Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Yors Garcia, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. Dr. Garcia began his career working …
How to Teach Verbal Conditional Discrimination: A Practical Framework
1 Guest Blog Authored By: Tiffany Kodak, Brittany Brown, and Brianna Duszynski Marquette University Dr. Tiffany Kodak is a Professor in the Behavior Analysis program at Marquette University. She is …
Origins of the Concept of the Autoclitic
9 Despite the suspicions of vulgar-minded behavior analysts, Skinner’s term “autoclitic” has distinguished antecedents. The “enclitic,” is a long-established grammatical term for a morphological unit that does not stand alone …
A Behavioral Dive into Horror Films!
4 Guest Blog Authored By: Sarah Lechago, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA Dr. Sarah Lechago is an Associate Professor in the Behavior Analysis master’s program at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL). …
On Bilingualism: Why and How to Teach Two Languages to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
5 Authored by: Mirela Cengher, Ph.D., BCBA University of Maryland, Baltimore County Mirela Cengher, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Dr. …
The Power of Lies and the First Amendment
3 The Sept. 5, 2008 edition of [the Onion] reported that a damp stain on a concrete wall in Tennessee bore a striking resemblance to the features of Charles Darwin. …
Hart and Risley Are Still Right, Even if Fetuses “Cry in the Accent of Their Parents”
Beware the view, now growing in popularity, that children can develop sophisticated verbal behavior simply by listening.
Using Technology to Quantify Verbal Behavior
6 Guest Blog by: Jacob Sosine, RethinkFirst and Adrienne M. Jennings, Damean University Jacob Sosine is a data scientist at RethinkFirst and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. His work focuses …