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Behavior in Translation
Have you ever heard a paper presented at a conference or elsewhere about research with rats or pigeons, and it seems like the findings might be helpful in working with your clients? But then you wonder, is there really a connection between the two?
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Getting to the Cause of Things
“Why did Johnny just throw the mother of all temper tantrums?” is a question many of you have asked and been asked, in some form or another. The response to this question, under scrutiny, may have been different. The perpetrator may have been different. The circumstances may have been different.
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Invasive Behavioral Events: Lessons from Invasive Species
Sometimes when invasive species appear, the ecosystem assimilates it without destroying extant species, but at least equally as often, there is a clear winner and a clear loser. The same is true of behavioral systems.
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Kudos for One of the Home Team
… Winning the Integrity Revolution (1993), Ethics at Work (2005) and A Good Day's Work: Sustaining Ethical Behavior and Business Success (2006), co-written with WVU philosophy professor Ralph W. Clark. A book in Japanese on reducing stress in … Lattal, Alice Darnell and Clark, Ralph W., A Good Day's Work: Sustaining Ethical Behavior and Business Success (2007), McGraw Hill Professional. https://www.amazon.com/Good-Days-Work-Sustaining-Behavior- … Winning the Integrity Revolution (1993), Ethics at Work (2005) and A Good Day's Work: Sustaining Ethical Behavior and Business Success (2006), co-written with WVU philosophy professor Ralph W. Clark. A book in Japanese on reducing stress in …
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When Punishment is a Reinforcer
The behavior of punishing. When behavior is reinforced it becomes more likely the next time, and the next, often in an ever-escalating spiral.
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Pragmatism and Playing Well with Others
Many applied behavior analysts find themselves in a different world from that in which they were trained. Most are trained by other behavior analysts in programs or even departments where the principal worldview is that of behavior analysis. Fast forward a couple of years (or more) and many of those same people find themselves in multidisciplinary settings, working with people who not only have different specialty areas—for example, medicine, rehabilitation therapy, social work—but, more importantly, a totally different way of looking at problems, both conceptually and methodologically
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