Page 359, 2nd column, 3rd line: That SD should be a CS instead.
Page 360, 1st sentence: I think this sentence should say "Is it plausible that food is a US that elicits the unconditioned response of running?"
Page 360, paragraph following diagram, 6th line: That US should be a CS instead.
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Principles of Behavior: Ch. 21
I teach courses in the principles and applications of Behavior Analysis, the science and technology of behavior, which is different from other approaches in psychology in that it takes behavior as a subject matter in its own right, rather than as a tool for studying something else, such as the mind. The main purpose of this blog is to be a supplementary means of communication with students who are taking my courses.Each post is assigned to a particular topic (see the list of topics below). Most topics refer to a textbook chapter from Principles of Behavior (Richard Malott, 2008) or Applied Behavior Analysis (Cooper, Heron & Heward, 2007). Click a topic's title to see all the posts under that topic. To comment on a post, click on the "comments" link at the bottom of the post.
The dead man test was devised by Ogden Lindsley in 1965 as a rule of thumb for deciding if something is a behavior. The need for such a test stems from the importance of focusing on what an organism actually does when attempting to understand or modify its behavior. My students and I probably remind each other of the dead man test more than any other concept we study. Malott and Suarez (2003, p. 9) characterize the dead man test as follows:
If a dead man can do it, it ain't behavior, and if a dead man can't do it, then it is behavior.
Patrick S. Williams, PhD
University of Houston-Downtown
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