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AC4P with Dr. Scott Geller 012 | Positive Psychology & Behavioral Science Part 1
Dr. Geller has been talking about using the science of behavior in conjunction with positive psychology for some time. Now it is your turn to connect the two! Recently, on social media, a book by Dr. Martin Seligman was posted and the question was asked if anyone uses these practices?
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Immedium and Procrastinium: A Fable in Waiting
Tuesday, 7 Jan 2020 by Andy Lattal, PhD
Once upon a time, there were twins named Immedium and Procrastinium. As their names might suggest, the two approached tasks very differently. When a deadline was assigned, Procrastinium’s first reaction was to do something else, while Immedium started on it and soon got it done, PDQ, kazaam, what’s next?
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When Punishment is a Reinforcer
Wednesday, 29 Apr 2020 by Andy Lattal, PhD
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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Time for a Timeout from Timeouts?
Tuesday, 8 Jan 2019 by Andy Lattal, PhD
In a recent article published in the Washington Post entitled, “Timeouts are a dated and ineffective parenting strategy. So what’s a good alternative?” the author of the article answers the question of the present blog affirmatively. She states, “I never used timeouts with my older kids and I don’t plan to rely on it when the baby I’ll give birth to in a few weeks is old enough to go into full-blown tantrum mode.”
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It Is Not All about Reinforcement, or Is It? Discriminating between Motivating Operations and Discriminative Stimuli
Reinforcement and its law was a major contributor to the advances made by behavior analysis. However, there is so much more that should be learned regarding contingencies. A better understanding of environmental factors of behavior has aided analysts in analyzing behavior as well as creating treatments for their clients. Antecedent events are just as important as consequences because they directly relate.
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Arranging Reinforcement Systems in Applied Settings Part 2
“A lot of people get queasy when thinking about this; we’re considering an individual with an established set of preferences and related utility for reinforcers associated with those preferences, and then we want to start manipulating those preferences. Well, some people think that’s not a good idea—preferences are what preferences are.”
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Arranging Reinforcement Systems in Applied Settings Part 1
“For a lot of the populations that we work with, it is difficult to extract very clear, very useful information on what sort of things might function as reinforcement for them.”
Dr. Iser DeLeon, PhD, BCBA
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Preference and Reinforcement Assessment
“Identifying reinforcers is absolutely essential when we are working on acquisition. In order to teach someone a new behavior, we need to be able to reinforce that behavior when it occurs.”
Dr. Meagan Gregory, BCBA
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Performance Scorecards: Design, Implementation, and Reinforcement
No news is not good news. There is no improvement without feedback.
Janis Allen, BA
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How to Build Safe Habits
Thursday, 28 Jan 2021
Three habit-building steps from Lean & OBM. Here is one example that can be replicated.
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Performance Management: OBM Series
Tuesday, 8 Dec 2020 by Vincent Bello
Performance Management (PM) is an approach to producing organizational results by improving the performance of employees throughout an organization. Performance involves all of the different behaviors that employees engage in. Behaviors that contribute to increases in sales, higher customer satisfaction, and higher quality products and services are the building blocks of business results. PM focuses on increasing these critical behaviors by systematically arranging the workplace to maximize productivity.
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The Term DRO
Tuesday, 25 Aug 2020 by Andy Lattal, PhD
Bad or Possibly Redeemable Label?
A procedure in which each target response postpones a scheduled reinforcer most often is described in both the basic and applied research and practice literature as a dif
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The Lift 007 | Structured Problem Solving Skills
This podcast episode describes the importance of teaching supervisees to take a structured problem-solving approach. The roles of negative reinforcement and self-control in problem identification and problem-solving are discussed. The podcast describes a structured 5 step process for problem solving and strategies for maximizing your success at each step.
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Thought Leaders 016 -Dr. E. Scott Geller -Part 2
This month on Operant Innovations - Thought Leaders, we are back with Dr. E. Scott Geller as he answers the questions "Where do you see the field going?" and/or "Where would he like to see the field go?"
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From Boo-Hiss to Bravo: Behavior-Based Scorecards People Will Use and Like
Tuesday, 9 Jun 2020 by Janis Allen
Measurement of performance and performance appraisals strike fear in the hearts of employees and supervisors alike.
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