Synopses & Reviews
In this volume a distinguished group of scholars examines the contributions that behavior analysis can make in meeting the crucial challenges that threaten the survival of individuals, families, societies, and nations, as well as the planet itself. Beginning with the premise that human behavior is the primary cause of our problems, the authors look at methods that allow us to change it and at how these methods may be applied in specific areas--ranging from international violence and environmental degradation to substance abuse and training of the handicapped.
The first part, which includes a paper by B. F. Skinner and a condensation of Murray Sidman's Coercion and Its Fallout (1989), focuses on the critical problems created by human behavior in the modern world and stresses the need for behavior scientists to become more involved in meeting these global challenges. Part II, The Science of Behavior Change, offers clear explanations of behavioral theory and discusses recent experimental work. Part III describes applications of behavior analysis to education, daycare, and the training of the handicapped. Principles, methods, and applications of stimulus control are explained in Part IV. The remaining sections cover the negative effects of coercion, the use of behavior analysis to achieve cooperation in the workplace, the relation of culture to behavior, applications to the practice of psychology, and related topics. Effectively linking behavior analysis to a broad range of practical concerns, this book will be of interest to professionals in psychology and other social sciences as well as educators, decision makers in government and industry, and general readers.
Synopsis
In this volume a distinguished group of scholars examines the contributions that behavior analysis can make in meeting the crucial challenges that threaten the survival of individuals, families, societies and nations, as well as the planet itself. Beginning with the premise that human behavior is the primary cause of our problems, the authors look at methods that allow us to change it and at how these methods may be applied in specific areas--ranging from international violence and environmental degradation to substance abuse and training of the handicapped.
Synopsis
Beginning with the premise that human behavior is the primary cause of our problems, the authors look at methods that allow us to change it and at how these methods may be applied in specific areas--ranging from international violence and environmental degradation to substance abuse and training of the handicapped.
About the Author
WARIS ISHAQ is Research Coordinator and a board member at Pacific Behavior Sciences Center, Inc., a nonprofit mental health research and service delivery organization in Eugene, Oregon, and a consultant in psychotherapy and clinical hypnosis in Stamford, Connecticut.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Behavior Analysis in a Socio-Political Context by Waris Ishaq
The World Is Falling Apart
Why We Are Not Acting to Save the World by B. F. Skinner
The Sky Is Falling by Paul Chance
Behavior Analysis and Global Survival by John A. Nevin
Beware of Coercion by Murray Sidman and Waris Ishaq
The Science of Behavior Change
Source and Control of Behavior by Carl D. Cheney
Free Operant Behavior Research Methods by David P. Rider
Verbal Behavior: A Four-Term Contingency Relation by Ernest A. Vargas
Stimulus Equivalence: Implications for Teaching by Robert Stromer
Everyday Stimulus Equivalences for the Brain-Injured by Gina Green
Schedules of Reinforcement by Edward K. Crossman
Behaviorology: Its Paradigm by Ernest A. Vargas
Education: Problems and Solutions
Contingencies in Day Care Licencing Standards by Julie S. Vargas
A Rational Technology of Education by Debra Cheney
Positive Reinforcement in Education by Murray Sidman
Behavior Analysis with the Mildly Handicapped by Betty Fry Williams and T. F. McLaughlin
Stimulus Control in Etiology and Treatment
Stimulus Control: Principles and Procedures by David R. Thomas
Application: Substance Abuse and Dependency by Charles Hickis and David R. Thomas
Application: Smoking by Charles Lyons
Applications in the Practice of Psychology
Clinical Behavior Analysis by Floyd O'Brien
Culture and Behavior
Walden Two in Real Life: Behavior Analysis in the Design of a Culture by Comunidad Los Horcones
Behavior Analysis Across Cultures by Waris Ishaq
In the World of Work
Behavior Analysis in Organizations by William K. Redmon
Epilogue
Wrap-Up: Behavior Analysis is Doing Good Well by T. A. Brigham
Index