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A Call to Investigate and Improve the Research Literacy of Professional Behavior Analysts Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-23 Nicole L. Bank, Einar T. Ingvarsson
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A Tutorial on the Applications of Lowenkron’s Joint Control to Language Acquisition Programs Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-23 Willow Hozella, Miguel E. Ampuero, Michael Miklos
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The role of schedules of reinforcement in the experimental analysis of social behavior Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-19 Marcelo Frota Benvenuti, João Lucas Bernardy, Thais Nogara de Toledo, Jéssica Santiago, José de Oliveira Siqueira, Paulo Sergio Panse Silveira
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Bouts, Pauses, and Units of Operant Performance: A Primer Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 John Michael Falligant, Louis P. Hagopian, M. Christopher Newland
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Reconceptualizing the Interaction of Behavior and Environment Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Jan Philippe de Haan, Carsta Simon
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Relating in the Wild: Toward an Analysis of Equivalence Relations Under More Naturalistic Conditions Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-17 Ramon Marin, Daniel M. Fienup
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Evaluating Experts’ Consensus on Behavioral Principles Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-15 Raymond G. Miltenberger, Amalix M. Flores
Over the history of our field, scholars have emphasized the critical importance that behavioral principles play in applied behavior analysis, underlining their central position as the foundation on which the field is built. Therefore, behavior analysts must have a robust comprehension of behavioral principles to be conceptually systematic, starting with understanding what constitutes a behavioral principle
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Recent Experience Affects Delay Discounting: Evidence across Temporal Framing, Signs, and Magnitudes Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-03 Mariah E. Willis-Moore, Jeremy M. Haynes, Charles C. J. Frye, Hannah M. Johnson, Devanio J. Cousins, Humphrey D. Bamfo, Amy L. Odum
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Food Cue Reactivity Meets the Reinforcer Pathology Model: Behavioral Economic Measures of Cue-Induced Changes in Food Reinforcer Efficacy Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Morgan Musquez, Erin B. Rasmussen
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Human Behavior in Suboptimal Choice Tasks: Defining Optimality Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Jessica Stagner Bodily, Kent D. Bodily
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SQAB 2023: Seeking Regularities in Motivated Behavior. Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Federico Sanabria,Christopher A Podlesnik
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Adding Tools to the Behavioral Toolkit. Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Timothy D Hackenberg
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Thinking Inside the Bounds: Improved Error Distributions for Indifference Point Data Analysis and Simulation Via Beta Regression using Common Discounting Functions Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Mingang Kim, Mikhail N. Koffarnus, Christopher T. Franck
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Resurgence and Behavioral Contrast, Compared and Contrasted Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Kennon A. Lattal, Amanda K. Miles
This is a review of the relation between operant response resurgence and behavioral contrast. Both are defined by rate changes in a target response as a function of environmental changes spatially or temporally distal to the location of the target response. The typical procedures for investigating these two phenomena differ in that (1) resurgence is studied using concurrent schedules and behavioral
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Recent Developments in RFT Encourage Interbehavioral Field-Based Views of Human Language and Cognition: A Preliminary Analysis Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Colin Harte, Dermot Barnes-Holmes
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Abstinence as Choice: Exploring Voluntary Abstinence from Alcohol Self-Administration Using the Resurgence-as-Choice Framework Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Andrew R. Craig, Sean W. Smith, Rusty W. Nall, William E. Sullivan, Henry S. Roane
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Generalized Linear Mixed Effects Modeling (GLMM) of Functional Analysis Graphical Construction Elements on Visual Analysis Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Art Dowdy, Kasey Prime, Corey Peltier
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Analyzing the Functional Interdependence of Verbal Behavior with Multiaxial Radar Charts Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Lee Mason, Maria Otero, Alonzo Andrews
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The Use of Nonmonetary Outcomes in Health-Related Delay Discounting Research: Review and Recommendations Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Erin B. Rasmussen, Lillith Camp, Steven R. Lawyer
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The Prominence of Action Sequences and Behavioral Similarity in the Morris Water Task Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Mônica Gonçalves-Garcia, Daniel Barto, Nicole Reyna, Benjamin J. Clark, Derek A. Hamilton
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A Descriptive Assessment of Social Validity Source, Timing, and Direct Consumer Inclusion in Behavior Analytic Research Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Rachelle N. Huntington, Natalie M. Badgett, Roxanne M. Bristol, Jakob McIntosh, Elizabeth M. Kelly, Alice Bravo, Young Hee Byun, Madelynn S. Park, Kaitlin Greeny
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We Live in Interesting Times: Introduction to the Special Section on Big Data & Behavior Science Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 David J. Cox, Michael E. Young
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Stimulus Avoidance Assessment: A Systematic Literature Review Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Alyssa M. Hurd, Katherine R. Brown, Kayla R. Randall
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A Modern Collaborative Behavior Analytic Approach to Incidental Naming Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Amanda Gilmore, Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Maithri Sivaraman
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Deictic Relational Responding and Perspective-Taking in Autistic Individuals: A Scoping Review Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Nadine Hempkin, Maithri Sivaraman, Dermot Barnes-Holmes
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The Evolution of the Conceptually Systematic Dimension and Its Current Functions in Applied Behavior Analysis Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Sho Araiba
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A Review of Crying and Caregiving: Crying as a Stimulus Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Jennifer L. Bruzek, Rachel H. Thompson, Benjamin N. Witts
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Lexicon-Based Sentiment Analysis in Behavioral Research Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Ian Cero, Jiebo Luo, John Michael Falligant
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Advancing and Integrating the Cusp Concept to Understand Behavioral Repertoire Dynamics Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 April M. Becker, Robin M. Kuhn, Sarah E. Pinkelman
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Explaining First Language Acquisition in Terms of Basic Behavioral Processes: Introduction to the Special Section Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir, Elena Nicoladis
This special section of Perspectives on Behavior Science follows up on a virtual panel discussion on the role of operant and Pavlovian processes in children's language learning. We present four articles, including two contributed by panelists, that illustrate the explanatory power of operant conditioning processes in the study of language.
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Using Risk Ratios to Quantify Potential Behavior-Environment Relations Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 P. Raymond Joslyn, Samuel L. Morris
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Verbal-Like Effects of Nonverbal Stimuli Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Lourenço de Souza Barba
Stimuli produced by verbal responses (verbal stimuli) usually reveal something about the speakers who emitted them and about the environment where the verbal responses occurred (i.e., verbal stimuli can evoke in the listeners responses concerning the speakers and their environments). Verbal stimuli can also constitute supplementary stimulation that evokes responses which are already strong in the repertoire
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A Neurobiological-Behavioral Approach to Predicting and Influencing Private Events Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 James N. Meindl, Jonathan W. Ivy
The primary goals of behavior analysis are the prediction and influence of behavior. These goals are largely achieved through the identification of functional relations between behaviors and the stimulating environment. Behavior–behavior relations are insufficient to meet these goals. Although this environment–behavior approach has been highly successful when applied to public behaviors, extensions
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Understanding Individual Subject Differences through Large Behavioral Datasets: Analytical and Statistical Considerations Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Michelle A. Frankot, Michael E. Young, Cole Vonder Haar
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Reflections and Critical Directions for Toilet Training in Applied Behavior Analysis Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Janelle K. Bacotti, Brandon C. Perez, Timothy R. Vollmer
Achieving toileting independence is a critical skill that yields several benefits of pressing social, developmental, and health-related importance. The seminal behavioral approach to toilet training established the conceptualization of continence and framework for toileting research thereafter. Contemporary researchers continue to evaluate toilet training procedures that produce efficacious outcomes
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How to Build and How not to Build an Implicit Measure in Behavior Analysis: A case Study Using the Function Acquisition Speed Test Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Aideen Watters, Jamie Cummins, Bryan Roche
This article provides a comprehensive overview of the development of a behavior-analytic alternative to the popular implicit association test (IAT), namely, the function acquisition speed test (FAST). The IAT appears, prima facia, to indirectly assess participants’ learning histories with regard to the categorization of stimuli. However, its origin within cognitive psychology has rendered it replete
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Promoting Reciprocal Relations across Subfields of Behavior Analysis via Collaborations Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Mirari Elcoro, James W. Diller, Juan C. Correa
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A Review of Backward Higher-Order Conditioning: Implications for a Pavlovian Conditioning Analysis of Stimulus Equivalence Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Benigno Alonso-Alvarez
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Contingent Electric Skin Shock: An Empirical or Ideological Issue? Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Nathan Blenkush, Dawn A. O’Neill, John O’Neill
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Report of the ABAI Task Force on Contingent Electric Skin Shock Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Michael Perone, Dorothea C. Lerman, Stephanie M. Peterson, Dean C. Williams
As a task force appointed by the Executive Council of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI), we investigated the clinical use of contingent electric skin shock (CESS) in behavior analytic treatments for severe problem behavior. We studied how CESS is used in contemporary behavior analysis, reinforcement-based alternatives to CESS, and current ethical and professional guidelines
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We Still Have a Lot to Learn Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Michael Perone
Use of contingent electric skin shock in the treatment of severe problem behavior has been criticized on the grounds that (a) it is not necessary because function-based procedures using positive reinforcement are just as effective; (b) it violates contemporary ethical standards; and (c) it lacks social validity. There are good reasons to challenge these claims. The meaning of “severe problem behavior”
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The Tangle of Autonomy, Beneficence, Liberty, and Consent in the CESS Debate Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Stephanie M. Peterson
This commentary on the task force report addresses the complex issues involved in autonomy, beneficence, liberty, and consent, which are often in competition in this and many other treatment issues for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, especially those with limited vocal/verbal repertoires. The issues at hand are multifaceted, and behavior analysts should be aware there
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Additional Comments on the Use of Contingent Electric Skin Shock Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Wayne W. Fisher, Brian D. Greer, Daniel R. Mitteer
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When Science Cannot Guide us: A Call to Action for Applied Behavior Analysts Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Dorothea C. Lerman
Evidence presented in the ABAI Task Force Report on Contingent Electric Skin Shock (CESS) revealed serious ethical, clinical, and practical problems with the contemporary use of CESS. As a member of the task force, I ultimately concluded that our recommended position statement (“Position A”) was a misguided attempt to uphold the field’s commitment to client choice. Furthermore, information gathered
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Response to ABAI Task Force on the Use of Contingent Electric Skin Shock Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Jennifer R. Zarcone, Ivan Brown, Peter E Langdon, Michael Mullane, Mindy Scheithauer
In this article, the authors provide their response to the Association for Behavior Analysis International (2022) position statement on the use of contingent electric skin shock (CESS). In this response, we address concerns raised by the task force regarding limitations of the Zarcone et al. (2020) review article in which both methodological and ethical concerns were raised about the quality of research
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Tutorial: Lessons Learned for Behavior Analysts from Data Scientists Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Leslie Neely, Sakiko Oyama, Qian Chen, Amina Qutub, Chen Chen
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Acquisition of Children’s Relational Responding: The Role of the Intradimensional and Interdimensional Abstract Tact and the Autoclitic Frame Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 T. V. Joe Layng, Anna M. Linnehan
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Naming: What Do We Know So Far? A Systematic Review Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Maithri Sivaraman, Dermot Barnes-Holmes
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A Tale of Two Rats: The Backstory of a Clever Cartoon Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Kennon A. Lattal
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Assessing Growth of BACB Certificants (1999–2019) Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Neil Deochand, Marc J. Lanovaz, Mack S. Costello
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Recommendations Regarding Use of the Term “Ignore” in Applied Behavior Analysis Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Lindsay A. Lloveras, Ciobha A. McKeown, Sarah N. Lichtenberger, Tyra P. Sellers, Timothy R. Vollmer
Ignore is a common term used in behavioral assessment, behavior intervention plans, textbooks, and research articles. In the present article, we recommend against the typical usage of the term in most applications of behavior analysis. First, we briefly outline some history of the use of the term in behavior analysis. Then, we describe six main concerns about ignore and the implications for its continued
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Contrasting Accounts of Early Speech Perception and Production Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Henry D. Schlinger
Language researchers have historically either dismissed or ignored completely behavioral accounts of language acquisition while at the same time acknowledging the important role of experience in language learning. Many language researchers have also moved away from theories based on an innate generative universal grammar and promoted experience-dependent and usage-based theories of language. These
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The PORTL Laboratory Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Mary E. Hunter, Jesús Rosales-Ruiz
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Toward a Behavioral Interpretation of English Grammar Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 David C. Palmer
Behavior analysis is virtually alone among disciplines in assuming that the orderly arrangement of words in sentences, or grammar, arises from exposure to contingencies of reinforcement. In the face of the novelty, subtlety, complexity, and speed of acquisition of verbal behavior, this position will remain difficult to defend until the field can show that a representative range of grammatical phenomena
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Behavior Science Contributions to Public Policy: an Introduction to the Special Section Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Kaston D. Anderson-Carpenter, Derek D. Reed, Tony Biglan, Allison Kurti
Behavior science has a long history of influencing public policy. Numerous scholars have used behavioral principles in experimental and applied research to examine the potential impact of local, state, and federal policies across socially important problems and goals. The utility of behavior science in public policy continues to flourish, and translational behavioral research will remain a critical
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Creating and Studying the Behavior of Artificial Organisms Animated by an Evolutionary Theory of Behavior Dynamics Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-03 J. J McDowell
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The Problem of Class Breakdown in Sidman’s (1994, 2000) Theory about the Origin of Stimulus Equivalence Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-01 Benigno Alonso-Alvarez
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Rethinking the Place of Qualitative Methods in Behavior Analysis Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-01-12 Victoria Burney, Angela Arnold-Saritepe, Clare M. McCann
Single-case design research is pervasive and dominant in the field of behavior analysis (BA). It allows for effective application of behavior change technologies in a wide variety of real-world settings. However, as the field has grown, behavioral scholars have suggested incorporating other methods into the investigator’s toolbox to supplement single-case design. To date, the call to expand beyond
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Social Validity in Behavioral Research: A Selective Review Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Rachelle N. Huntington, Natalie M. Badgett, Nancy E. Rosenberg, Kaitlin Greeny, Alice Bravo, Roxanne M. Bristol, Young Hee Byun, Madelynn S. Park
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Grappling with the Complexity of Behavioral Processes in Human Psychological Suffering: Some Potential Insights from Relational Frame Theory Perspect. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-08 Colin Harte, Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Julio C. de Rose, William F. Perez, João H. de Almeida