Books We Keep
Ron Allen, Ph.D., BCBA-D and Jeff Kupfer, Ph.D., BCBA-D Simmons University (Boston) and University of Colorado (Denver) A science progresses with experimentation followed by application, which occasions more experimentation. We …
Molecular and Molar Analyses in Behavior Analysis
1 Ron Allen, Ph.D., BCBA-D and Jeff Kupfer, Ph.D., BCBA-D Simmons University and University of Colorado In 2012, William Baum published an article entitled Rethinking Reinforcement: Allocation, induction, and contingency …
Avoidance behavior: Why don’t we know more than we do and why aren’t we working on it?
5 Avoidance behavior: Why don’t we know more than we do and why aren’t we working on it? Ron Allen and Jeff Kupfer Simmons University and University of Colorado Denver …
Adjunctive behavior is not entirely dead, it just changed its name! Gabriela E. López-Tolsa and Ricardo Pellón Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
9 Adjunctive behavior is not entirely dead, it just changed its name! Gabriela E. López-Tolsa and Ricardo Pellón Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia A recent blog entry wondering what …
Habit Reversal
Habit Reversal Ron Allen and Jeff Kupfer Simmons University (Boston) and University of Colorado (Denver) The publication of the initial analog Functional Analysis study (Iwata et al., 1982/1994) marked a …
Token Reinforcement: A strangely under-explored and under-applied domain in behavior analysis
Token Reinforcement: A strangely under-explored and under-applied domain in behavior analysisRon Allen and Jeff KupferSimmons University (Boston) and University of Colorado (Denver) Over the years there have been gentle debates …
Whatever Happened to Adjunctive Behavior?
1 Jeff Kupfer and Ron Allen University of Colorado (Denver) and Simmons University (Boston) Last month we discussed some potential roots of the apparent schism of ABA/EAB, and noted that …
One or Two Sciences
Starting a new ABAI Blog for History of Behavior Analysis is a daunting endeavor. Where does one start? Should we proceed chronologically? Should we review the numerous significant individual contributions …