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Exploring the discourse in the field of applied behavior analysis

A SCIENCE-BASED STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE WORLD THROUGH OUR BEHAVIORS
The Wisdom Factor: Reducing the Control of Bias, Threat, and Fear
while Building a Better World
Alice Darnell Lattal, Ph.D. and Carlos A. Zuluaga, M.S., BCBA

The following article appeared recently in the New York Times. It describes how police in Mumbai, India, undertook an experiment to control the excessive blowing of car horns by drivers caught in what must be nightmarish traffic in that largest of Indian cities.

Today we are joined by Dr. Eric Bieniek from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. This practitioner-focused program has both an online Master's Degree and a certificate program. If you are looking for a flexible online program, SRU may be for you! This program is focused on making each of the above options available to all of their students and understand that real-life happens and sometimes it is not fully in their students' control. SRU's goal is to meet people where they are, assistant them to get where they want, and train highly qualified applied practitioners.

Join Dr. Scott Geller as he explains the difference between stress and distress and how you can learn to use stress to your advantage as we continue to learn to ACTIVELY CARE FOR PEOPLE (including ourselves).

When I was a graduate student in clinical psychology, lo those many years ago, I was as

I won't lie. The past month has been hard. For some of you, it may have been more than the past month. Throughout this pandemic, and quarantine, it has been easy to get down on ourselves and feel as though our lives have come to a halt. This week, Dr. Geller talks to us about the intense power in which the manner we speak to ourselves plays into our day-to-day lives. Is there a way for us to "talk" ourselves out of our slumps?

Thought Leaders, we are back with Dr. Stephanie Peterson as she answers the questions "Where do you see the field going?" and/or "Where would she like to see the field go?"

Thought Leaders, we are sitting down and speaking with Dr. Stephanie Peterson about her history, how she came to the field, and how she got to where she is today through some serendipitous early life experiences.

The distinction between contingency governed (or “shaped”) and rule-governed behavior is an old saw for most behavior analysts. Like most dichotomies, this one doesn’t hold up under careful analysis.

Behavior analysis today gets most of its mainstream recognition for the work being done in applied settings, referred to as applied behavior analysis (ABA). The progress of behavior analytic applications has been important for the dissemination of the science and even better for the clients across the world who require behavioral services.

A Florida Tech grad student describes how behavior analysis is more than just working with autism

Every behavior analyst (hopefully) has learned that ours is a science of behavior. We do not learn that ours is a science of the individual or a science of the person. Why is that? Are we not, however, concerned with people, you may ask? Are we not concerned with the human condition? Are we not humanists?

Skinner’s Verbal Behavior may be a difficult read for some. The content is complex but unpacks all aspects of verbal behavior. One can gain a lot of insight from his book if completely understanding it. In part 1 of this analysis, Mark Sundberg explains how language is typically measured and how Skinner suggests language should be measured, and in what units to measure it.

You will find practical tools in this book for using your own antecedents, behaviors, and consequences.We can