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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