New Developments in Behavioral Research: Theory, Method and Application

Barbara C. Etzel, Judith M. LeBlanc, Donald M. Baer

Introductory Note. Celebrants. Preface. Introduction. 1. The Force of Coincidence B. F. Skinner Part 1: Contributions to Theory 2. Operant Research in Violation of the Operant Paradigm? 3. Maternal Responding and the Conditioning of Infant Crying: Directions of Influence Within the Attachment-Acquisition Process 4. A Three-Stage Functional Analysis for Children’s Coercive Behaviors: A Tactic for Developing a Performance Theory 5. The Development and Maintenance of Language: An Operant Model 6. Generalized Imitation and the Setting Event Concept 7. Nutrition and Human Development 8. Imitation, Response Novelty, and Language Acquisition Part 2: Contributions to Methodology and Practice 9. Are Experimental Procedures and Service Obligations Compatible in a Preschool Program for Young Handicapped Children? 10. Changing-Criterion Designs: An Alternate Applied Behaviour Analysis Procedure 11. Behavioural Definitions in Applied Behavior Analysis: Explicit or Implicit? 12. Laboratory Investigations of Applied Behavior Analysis Techniques: Procedures Designed to Decrease or Eliminate Responding 13. Sources of Bias in Observational Recording 14. Complex Interactions: A Functional Approach 15. Hydropsychotherapy: Water as a Punishing Stimulus in the Treatment of a Problem Parent-Child Relationship 16. A Methodology for Studying Social Stimulus Functions in Children 17. Behavioral Procedures for Assessing Visual Capacities in Nonverbal Subjects 18. Complexities of an "Elementary" Behavior Modification Procedure: Differential Adult Attention Used for Children’s Behavior Disorders 19. An Experimental Analysis of Criterion-Related and Noncriterion-Related Cues in "Errorless" Stimulus Control Procedures 20. Phenomenological Reports: An Empirical Model 21. Technical Developments in Classroom Behavior Analysis 22. Application of Operant Principles to the Hyperactive Behavior of a Retarded Girl Part 3: New Analyses of Behavior 23. Teaching Reading Through a Student-Administered Point System 24. State: Effect on Conditioned and Unconditioned Heart Rate Responding in Infants 25. Imitation and Variation in Working Language 26. The Training of Creativity as an Operant and an Examination of its Generalization Characteristics 27. Achievement Place: The Modification of Academic Behavior Problems of Delinquent Youths in a Group Home Setting 28. Sharing at an Early Age 29. Imitative Behavior of Preschool Children: The Effects of Reinforcement, Instructions, and Response Similarity 30. Response Cost and Human Aggressive Behavior 31. Training Daily Self-Help Skills for Long-Term Maintenance 32. The Effect of Self-Recording on the Study Behavior of Female Juvenile Delinquents Part 4: Bijou as Subject 33. An Interview with Sidney W. Bijou 34. The Development of Behavior Analysis in Mexico: Sidney W. Bijou’s Contributions. Author Index. Chapter Descriptors. Volume Descriptors.