In the example below the table, the paragraphs describing the after condition and the before condition should be reversed.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
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About DMT
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
Malott, R., & Suarez, E. (2003). Principles of Behavior (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
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Topics
- All the rest... (5)
- Applied Behavior Analysis: Ch. 06 (1)
- Applied Behavior Analysis: Ch. 16 (1)
- CyberRat (1)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 01 (6)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 02 (7)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 03 (3)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 04 (3)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 05 (3)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 06 (5)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 07 (3)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 08 (1)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 09 (1)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 12 (4)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 14 (2)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 15 (1)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 17 (1)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 20 (2)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 21 (1)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 22 (1)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 23 (3)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 25 (1)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 26 (2)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 28 (1)
- Principles of Behavior: Ch. 29 (1)
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2007
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- ► November 2007 (5)
- ► October 2007 (1)
- ► August 2007 (5)
- ► March 2007 (3)
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February 2007
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- Learned imitative reinforcers
- What is a response class?
- Dipper training CyberRat: What's going on
- Your discrimination CA: What to watch for
- Your shaping CA: What to watch for
- Your differential reinforcement CA: What to watch ...
- Phooey on mentalism!
- Extinction distinctions
- Spontaneous recovery and CyberRat
- Ignorance is no excuse.
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January 2007
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- Rolling over the dead man
- Important tables
- The reinforcer that's lost in penalty
- Nobody wants to hurt themselves
- Whether you like it or not
- It can be positively (or negatively) confusing!
- He has autistic behaviors...
- Awareness not required
- BehaviorAnalysis-Speak
- Quizzes require fluency
- Read the comments!
- They really oughta wanna do it
Other stuff online
- Association for Behavior Analysis
- B. F. Skinner Foundation
- BCABA Courses in Houston
- Bea Barrett's Contributions to Behavior Analysis
- Behavior Analysis Glossary - University of South Florida
- Behavior Analyst Certification Board
- Behavior Analyst Online
- Behavior Research Company
- BehaviorForum
- Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
- DickMalott.com
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Precision Teaching Hub & Wiki
- Standard Celeration Society
- Teaching Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group
- Texas Association for Behavior Analysis
2 comments:
Any chance you can put a "search site box" on this site so visitors can look for specific topics?
Otherwise great site! Thank you!
Please think of your favorite personal reinforcer as you activate the site search box...
Sorry for the feed-back sandwich -lol
Have you tried the one that's already there? In the upper left corner?
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