So the worst season is upon us, but we’re still raring to podcast about behavior analysis. This month in between gardening and umbrella-buying, we’re planning a good ol’ bevy of discussions on topics such as moving away from edible reinforcement in programming and behavioral instruction with special guest, Dr. Kendra Guinness, plus (for Patreon subscribers) our whole discussion of “Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World” by Bergstrom and West. At least it’s warm enough for another dip into the grab bag to round out the month.

Articles for April 2023

Grab Bag Gab

Gale, C.M., Eikeseth, S., & Eikeseth, F.F. (2023). Effects of enthusastic and non-enthusiastic voice in praise on the behavior of children with autism and typically developing children. Behavioral Interventions, 38, 26-38. doi: 10.1002/bin.1901

Bohan, C., Smyth, S., & McDowell, C. (2021). An evaluation of the caught being good game with an adolescent student population. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 23, 42-52. doi: 10.1177/1098300720928455

Ghai, J.L., Lehr, D.H., Harayama, N.E., Spooner, F., & Protopopova, A. (2022). Animal-assisted interventions as an adjunct to ABA services: Clinician practices and perceptions. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15, 659-676. doi: 10.1007/s40617-021-00605-4

Moving Away from Edible Reinforcers

Ciccone, F.J., Graff, R.B., & Ahearn, W.H. (2006). Stimulus preference assessments and the utility of a moderate category. Behavioral Intervention, 21, 59-63. doi: 10.1002/bin.190

Clark, S.B., Call, N.A., Simmons, C.A., Scheithauer, M.C., Muething, C.S., & Parks, N. (2020). Effects of magnitude on the displacment of leisure items by edible items during preference assessments. Behavior Modification, 44, 727-745. doi: 10.1177/0145445519843937

Fahmie, T.A., Iwata, B.A., & Jann, K.E. (2015). Comparison of edible and leisure reinforcers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 48, 331-343. doi: 10.1002/jaba.200

Gover, H.C., Fahmie, T.A., & McKeown, C.A. (2019). A review of environmental enrichment as treatment for problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52, 299-314. doi: 10.1002/jaba.508

Behavioral Instruction w/ Dr. Kendra Guinness

Bernstein, D. & Chase, P.N. (2013). Contributions of behavior analysis to higher education. In G.J. Madden (Ed.), APA handbook of behavior analysis ( Vol. 2): Translating principles into practice (pp. 523-543). American Psychological Association. doi: 10.1037/13938-021

Guinness, K.E., Chase, P.N., Turner, K.S., & Axe, J.B. (2023). Effects of behavioral instruction and feedback checklists on graphing conventions. Journal of Behavioral Education. doi: 10.1007/s10864-022-09505-1

Mason, L.L., Rivera, C.J., & Arriaga, A. (2017). The effects of an avoidance contingency on postsecondary student SAFMEDS performance. European Journal of Behavior Analysis. doi: 10.1080/15021149.2017.1418125

Spring 2023 Book Club

Bergstrom, C.T. & West, J.D. (2020). Calling bullshit: The art of skepticism in a data-driven world. Random House.