Psy 518 Applied Behavior Analysis Reading List Spring 2006

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Psy 518 – Applied Behavior Analysis Reading List – Spring 2006

Instructor: Dr. Ruth Hurst

Office location: Rm 110J, Soc & Beh Sciences Building

Phone: 910-962-4057 e-mail: web page: people.uncw.edu/hurstr/

Week 1 (Jan 18) Reading List

What is Applied Behavior Analysis?

Just review this chapter

Pierce, D.W., & Epling, W.F. (1999). Applied behavior analysis. In Behavior Analysis and Learning (pp. 327-358). Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Read these papers carefully

Baer, D.M., Wolf, M.M., & Risley, T.R. (1968). Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1, 91-97.

Baer, D.M., Wolf, M.M., & Risley, T.R. (1987). Some still-current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 20, 313-327.

Skinner, B.F. (1978). The ethics of helping people. In Reflections on Behaviorism and Society (pp. 33-47). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Johnston, J.M. (1996). Distinguishing between applied research and practice. The Behavior Analyst, 19, 35-47.

Be thinking about a debate here

Michael, J. (1980). Flight from behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst, 3, 1-21.

Baer, D.M. (1981). A flight of behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst, 4, 85-91.


Week 2 (Jan 25) Reading List

Basic Methodological Issues I

Jacobson, J.W., Mulick, J.A., & Schwartz, A.A. (1995). A history of facilitated

communication. American Psychologist, 50, 750-765.

Hains, A.H., & Baer, D.M. (1989). Interaction effects in multielement designs:

Inevitable, desirable, and ignorable. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 22,

57-69.

Rusch, F.R. & Kazdin, A.E. (1981). Toward a methodology of withdrawal designs for

the assessment of response maintenance. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,

14, 131-140.

Johnston, J.M. (1988). Strategic and tactical limits of comparison studies. The Behavior

Analyst, 11, 1-9

Read one of these:

Cooper, L.J., Wacker, D.P., McComas, J.J., Brown, K., Peck, S.M., Richman, D., Drew,

J., Frischmeyer, P., & Millard, T. (1995). Use of component analyses to identify

active variables in treatment packages for children with feeding disorders. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 28, 139-153.

Wacker, D., McMahon, C., Steege, M., Beg, W., Sasso, G., & Melloy, K. (1990).

Applications of a sequential alternating treatments design. Journal of Applied

Behavior Analysis, 23, 333-339.

Read one of these:

Hopkins, B.L., Cole, B.L., & Mason, T.L. (1998). A critique of the usefulness of

inferential statistics in applied behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst, 21, 125-137.

Branch, M.N. (1999). Statistical inference in behavior analysis: Some things

significance testing does and does not do. The Behavior Analyst, 22, 87-92.


Week 3 (Feb 1) Reading List

Basic Methodological Issues II

Measurement issues: (Read each paper marked by a * and one of the others)

*Springer, B., Brown, T., & Duncan, P.K. (1981). Current measurement in applied

behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst, 4, 19-31.

Mudford, O.C., Beale, I.L., & Singh, N.N. (1990). The representativeness of

observational samples of different durations. Journal of Applied Behavior

Analysis, 23, 323-331.

Repp, A.C., Roberts, D.M., Slack, D.J., Repp, C.F., & Berkler, M.S. (1976). A

comparison of frequency, interval, and time-sampling methods of data collection.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 9, 501-508.

*Peterson, L, Homer, A.L., & Wonderlich, S.A. (1982). The integrity of independent

variables in behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 15, 477-492.

Other method issues

*Iwata, B.A., Dorsey, M.F., Slifer, K.J., Bauman, K.E., & Richman, G.S. (1994).

Toward a functional analysis of self-injury. Journal of Applied Behavior

Analysis, 27, 197-209. (Together with: Neef, N.A., & Iwata, B.A. (1994).

Current research on functional analysis methodologies: An introduction. Journal

of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27, 211-214.

*Anderson, C. M., & Long, E. S. (2002). Use of a structured descriptive assessment methodology to identify variables affecting problem behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 35, 137-154.

*Green, C.W., Reid, D.H., Canipe, V.S., & Gardner, S.M. (1991). A comprehensive

evaluation of reinforcer identification processes for persons with profound

multiple handicaps. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24, 537-552.

*Schwartz, I.S., & Baer, D.M. (1991). Social validity assessments: Is current practice

state of the art? Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24, 189-204.

Just in case you’re interested: (not required, but pretty cool stuff, and directly relevant)

Iwata, B.A., Pace, G.M.sey, M.F., Zarcone, J.R., Vollmer, T.R., Smith, R.G., Rodgers,

T.A., Lerman, D.C., Shore, B.A., Mazaleski, J.L., Goh, H.L., Cowdery, G.E.,

Kalsher, M.J., McCosh, K.C., & Willis, K.D. (1994). The functions of self-injurious behavior: An experimental-epidemiological analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27, 215-240.

Week 4 ( Feb 8) Reading List

Reinforcement and Extinction

Reiss, S. (2005). Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation at 30: Unresolved scientific issues. The Behavior Analyst, 28, 1-14.

Skinner, B.F. (1978). Designing higher education. In Reflections on Behaviorism and

Society, (pp 149-159). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall.

Vollmer, T.R., Iwata, B.A., Zarcone, J.R., Smith, R.G., Mazaleski, J.L. (1993). The role

of attention in the treatment of attention-maintained self-injurious behavior:

Noncontingent reinforcement and differential reinforcement of other behavior.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26, 9-21.

Lerman, D.C., & Iwata, B.A. (1996). Developing a technology for the use of operant

extinction in clinical settings: An examination of basic and applied research.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29, 345-382.

Rachel H. Thompson & Brian A. Iwata (2005). A review of reinforcement control procedures. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38, 257-278.

Baron, A., & Galizio, M. (2005). Positive and negative reinforcement: Should the distinction be preserved? The Behavior Analyst, 28, 85-98.


Week 5 (Feb 15) Reading List

Punishment and Negative Reinforcement (read each * paper)

*Lincheid, T.R., Iwata, B.A., Ricketts, R.W., Williams, D.E., & Griffin, J.C. (1990).

Clinical evaluation of the self-injurious behavior inhibiting system (SIBIS).

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 23, 53-78.

*Iwata, B.A. (1987). Negative reinforcement in applied behavior analysis: An emerging

technology. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 20, 361-378.

*Gregory P. Hanley, Cathleen C. Piazza, Wayne W. Fisher, & Kristen A. Maglieri (2005). On the effectiveness of and preference for punishment and extinction components of function-based interventions. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38, 51-65.

Read one of these:

Friman, P.C., & Poling, A. (1995). Making life easier with effort: Basic findings and

applied research on response effort. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 28,

583-590.

Solnick, J.V., Rincover, A., & Peterson, C.R. (1977). Some determinants of reinforcing

and punishing effects of timeout. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 10, 415-424.

Wahler, R.G., & Dumas, J.E. (1986). Maintenance factors in coercive mother-child

interactions: The compliance and predictability hypothesis. Journal of Applied

Behavior Analysis, 19, 13-22.

Ethical Considerations

*Van Houten, R., Axelrod, S., Bailey, J.S., Favell, J.E., Foxx, R.M., Iwata, B.A., &

Lovaas, O.I. (1988). The right to effective treatment. The Behavior Analyst, 11,

110-114.

Read one of these:

Johnston, J.M., & Sherman, R.A. (1993). Applying the least restrictive alternative

principle to treatment decisions: A legal and behavioral analysis. The Behavior

Analyst, 16, 103-115.

Sherman, R.A. (1991). Aversive, fundamental rights, and the courts. The Behavior

Analyst, 14, 197-206.

Lerman, D.C., & Vorndran, C.M. (2002). On the status of knowledge for using

punishment: Implications for treating behavior disorders. Journal of Applied

Behavior Analysis, 35, 431-464. (This paper can be downloaded from the JABA

website, along with commentaries by Horner, Vollmer, and Spradlin.)


Week 6 (Feb 22) Reading List

Establishing Operations

McGill, P. (1999). Establishing operations: Implications for the assessment, treatment, and prevention of problem behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 32, 393-418.

Laraway, S., Snycerski, S., Michael, J., & Poling, A. (2003). Motivating operations and terms to describe them: Some further refinements. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36, 407-414.

Brown, K. A., Wacker, D. P., Derby, K. M., Peck, S. M., Richman, D. M., Sasso, G. M., Knutson, C. L., & Harding, J. W. (2000). Evaluating the effects of functional communication training in the presence and absence of establishing operations. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33, 53-71.

Dougher, M. & Hackbert, L. (2000) Establishing operations, cognition, and emotion. The Behavior Analyst, 23, 11-24.

Vollmer, T.R., & Iwata, B.A. (1991). Establishing operations and reinforcement effects.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24, 279-291.

Konarski, E.A., Johnson, M.R., Crowell, C.R., & Whitman, T.L. (1980). Response

deprivation and reinforcement in applied settings: A preliminary analysis. Journal

of Applied Behavior Analysis, 13, 595-609.

Week 7 (March 1) Reading List

Shaping and Conditioned Reinforcement

Galbicka, G. (1994). Shaping in the 21st century: Moving percentile schedules into

applied settings. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27, 739-760.

Lalli, J.S., & Mauro, B.C. (1995). The paradox of preference for unreliable

reinforcement: The role of context and conditioned reinforcement. Journal of

Applied Behavior Analysis, 28, 389-394.

Kazdin, A.E. (1982). The token economy: A decade later. Journal of Applied Behavior

Analysis, 15, 431-445.

Dinsmoor, J. A. (2004). The etymology of basic concepts in the experimental analysis of behavior. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 82, 311-316.

Peterson, G. B. (2004). A day of great illumination: B. F. Skinner’s discovery of shaping. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 82, 317-328.

Choose one of the following:

Agras, S., Leitenberg, H., & Barlow, D.H. (1968). Social reinforcement in the

modification of agoraphobia. Archives of General Psychiatry, 19, 423-427.

Horner, R.D. (1971). Establishing use of crutches by a mentally retarded spina bifida

child. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 4, 183-189.

Choose one of the following:

Leitenberg, H., Agras, W.S., Thompson, L.E., & Wright, D.E. (1968). Feedback in

behavior modification: An experimental analysis of two phobic cases. Journal of

Applied Behavior Analysis, 1, 131-137.

McKenzie, T.L., & Rushall, B.S. (1974). Effects of self-recording on attendance and

performance in a competitive swimming training environment. Journal of Applied

Behavior Analysis, 7, 199-206.

Choose one of the following:

Phillips, E.L., Phillips, E.A., Fixsen, D.L., & Wolf, M.M. (1971). Achievement Place:

Modification of the behaviors of pre-delinquent boys within a token economy.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 4, 45-59.

Phillips, E.L., Phillips, E.A., Wolf, M.M., & Fixsen, D.L. (1973). Achievement Place:

Development of the elected manager system. Journal of Applied Behavior

Analysis, 6, 541-561.

Week 8 (March 15) Reading List

Reinforcement Schedules

Read each of these:

Lattal, K.A., & Neef, N.A. (1996). Recent reinforcement-schedule research and applied

behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29, 213-230.

Mace, F.C., Hock, M.L., Lalli, J.S., West, B.J., Belfiore, P., Pinter, E., & Brown, D.K.

(1988). Behavioral momentum in the treatment of noncompliance. Journal of

Applied Behavior Analysis, 21, 123-141.

McDowell, J.J. (1988). Matching theory in natural human environments. The Behavior

Analyst, 11, 95-109.

Shull, R., & Lawrence, P. (1998). Reinforcement: Schedule performance. In K. Lattal & M. Perone (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in human operant behavior (pp.95-129). NY: Plenum.

Read any two of these:

Roll, J.M., Higgins, S.T., & Badger, G.J. (1996). An experimental comparison of three

different schedules of reinforcement of drug abstinence using cigarette smoking

as an exemplar. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29, 495-505.

Schweitzer, J.B., & Sulzer-Azaroff, B. (1988). Self-control: Teaching tolerance for

delay in impulsive children. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,

50, 173-186.

Goltz, S.M. (1992). A sequential learning analysis of decisions in organizations to

escalate investments despite continuing costs or losses. Journal of Applied

Behavior Analysis, 25, 561-574.


Week 9 (March 22) Reading List

Stimulus Control I

Smith, R.G., & Iwata, B.A. (1997). Antecedent influences on behavior disorders.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 30, 343-375.

Repp, A.C., Karsh, K.G., & Lenz, M.W. (1990). Discrimination training for persons

with developmental disabilities: A comparison of the task demonstration model

and the standard prompting hierarchy. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 23,

43-52.

Friman, P.C., Hayes, S.C., & Wilson, K.G. (1998). Why behavior analysts should study

emotion: The example of anxiety. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 31,

137-156.

Dube, W., MacDonald, R., Mansfield, R., Holcomb, W., & Ahern, W. (2004). Toward a behavioral analysis of joint attention. The Behavior Analyst, 27, 197-207.

Read one of these:

Stromer, R., & Mackay, H.A. (1992). Spelling and emergent picture-printed word

relations established with delayed identity matching to complex samples. Journal

of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25, 893-904.

De Rose, J.C., & de Souza, D.G. (1996). Teaching reading and spelling: Exclusion and

stimulus equivalence. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29, 451-469.

Read one of these:

Guevremont, D.C., Osnes, P.G., & Stokes, T.F. (1988). The functional role of

preschoolers’ verbalizations in the generalization of self-instructional training.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 21, 45-55.

Young, J.M., Krantz, P.J., McClannahan, L.E., & Poulson, C.L. (1994). Generalized

imitation and response-class formation. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,

27, 685-695.

Read one of these:

Austin, J., Hatfield, D.B., Grindle, A.C., & Bailey, J.S. (1993). Increasing recycling in

office environments: The effects of specific informative cues. Journal of Applied

Behavior Analysis, 26, 247-253.

Geller, E.S., Clarke, S.W., & Kalsher, M.J. (1991). Knowing when to say when: A

simple assessment of alcohol impairment. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,

24, 65-72.


Week 10 (March 29) Reading List

Stimulus Control II

Read each of these:

Kirby, K.C., & Bickel, W.K. (1988). Toward an explicit analysis of generalization: A

stimulus control interpretation. The Behavior Analyst, 11, 115-129.

Stokes, T.F., & Baer, D.M. (1977). An implicit technology of generalization. Journal of

Applied Behavior Analysis, 10, 349-367,

Johnston, J.M. (1979). On the relations between generalization and generality. The

Behavior Analyst, 2, 1-6.

Halle, J.W., & Holt, B. (1991). Assessing stimulus control in natural settings: An

analysis of stimuli that acquire control during training. Journal of Applied

Behavior Analysis, 24, 579-590.

Read two of these:

Fowler, S.A., & Baer, D.M. (1981). Do I have to be good all day? The timing of delayed

reinforcement as a factor in generalization. Journal of Applied Behavior

Analysis, 14, 13-24.

Ducharme, J.M., & Feldman, M.S. (1992). Comparisons of staff training strategies to

promote generalized teaching skills. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25,

165-180.

Foxx, R.M., Faw, G.D., McMorrow, M.J., Kyle, M.S., & Bittle, R.G. (1988). Replacing