Explanatory Fiction

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The heart and soul of the Explanatory Fiction podcast is the behavior analytic worldview, combined with clinical decision-making processes. Each week a randomly generated case is structured into a uni... more

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March 09, 2020 The ABA Landscape | TCE #019
In this episode, RyanO and Dimitri talk about the ABA Landscape. This includes perspectives on various professional organizations like ABAI, BACB, and APBA as well as some anecdotes on the controversy that occurs in the field of behavior analysis. Timestamps can be found at https://www.thedailyba.com/tce-episodes/03082020/the-aba-landscape-tce-019
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1h 40min
February 23, 2020Critical Evaluation of Ideas and Practices in Behavior Analysis and the Registered Behavior Technician (RBT®) | TCE #018
0:01:13Topic Introduction: Critical evaluation of ideas and practices in Behavior Analysis and the RBT 0:06:50Check out these resources for more information on Logical Fallacies

0:07:01 Check out this link for more information on William James and Pragmatism

0:11:35 As of January 2020 there are 70, 361 RBTs - Check out the BACB's Statistics

0:13:21 Topic Shift: What is an RBT? Who are they?

0:13:45 Approved Instructor = 'Non-certified RBT® Supervisor' or 'Non-certified VCS Instructor' as outlined in the BACB's Supervisor Training Curriculum Outline (2.0)

0:17:35 Check out this link for more information on the RBT requirements

0:20:10 Topic Shift: The RBT training requirements and recent changes

0:21:53 Applied Behavior Analysis by Cooper, Heron, and Heward (i.e., The White Book)

0:22:13 Check out the December 2018 BACB newsletter on the recent RBT changes

0:27:15 Check out the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)

0:27:57 Toward the Certification of Behavior Therapists by W. Stewart Agras (1973)

0:28:00 Topic Change: Should we be certifying people or procedures? What are the barriers and resources involved?

0:31:35 Issues In Evaluating Behavior Modification: Proceedings of the First Drake Conference on Professional Issues in Behavior Analysis, March 1974 by W. Scott Wood (1975)

0:46:28 For more information on Todd Risley's contributions to behavior analysis check out Todd R. Risley (1937-2007) by Lutzker (2008)

0:49:35 Topic Change: What are some of the concerns with the RBT certification process?

0:50:08 RBT® Initial Competency Assessment: Responsible Assessor Checklist by the BACB

0:51:17 For the BACB caseload recommendations refer to the Applied Behavior Analysis Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Practice Guidelines for Healthcare Funders and Managers

0:54:11 For a summary of Goldiamond's work on 'degrees of freedom' check out Expanding the behavior-analytic meanings of "freedom": The contributions of Israel Goldiamond by de Fernandes and Dittrich (2018)

0:54:51 Check out the BACB's YouTube channel

1:00:57 Topic Shift: The times are changing, and we're behind!

1:03:00 Check out the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI)

1:03:52 Check out the BACB's Podcast: Inside the BACB

1:05:09 Check out all the affiliated ABAI Chapters

1:06:36 Check out Matt Norman

1:07:15 Topic Change: The systems in the field and the associated barriers

1:14:35 Topic Change: What are this episode's takeaways?

1:17:41 Check out the Teachers College at Columbia University

1:17:44 Check out Doug Greer from the Teachers College

1:18:15 Check out the American Psychological Association (APA)

1:19:53 For more information on Gerald Shook check out Gerald L. “Jerry” Shook: Visionary for the Profession of Behavior Analysis by Iwata, Sundberg, and Carr (2011)

1:20:32 Call to action for organizations: Share as much relevant information as possible

1:20:58 Call to action for practitioners: Place a bigger focus on effective in-house training

1:22:13 Call to action for practitioners: Hold people to high standards

1:24:28 Call to action for business owners: Adjust your business model to reflect quality over quantity
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1h 31min
February 09, 2020Understanding Behavior Analysis Research | TCE #017
0:00:45 Topic Introductions: Translational research, the role of research, and is there an article for everything?

0:03:31 Check out Dixon et al. (2016) Stimulus Preference and Reinforcement Effects of the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphordahina Portentosa): A Case of Reverse Translational Research

0:03:34 Check out Jarmolowicz, D. P., Lemley, S. M., Mateos, A., & Sofis, M. J. (2016). A multiple‐stimulus‐without‐replacement assessment for sexual partners: Purchase task validation. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 49, 723-729.

0:04:40 Check out Carl Binder and his contributions

0:06:08 Check out the video of Skinner's APA Convention keynote address in 1990

0:07:09 Topic Change: What is research? What kind of research is out there?

0:09:55 Check out Linda Hayes and her contributions

0:09:57 Check out the Parrott Hayes Lab at the University Nevada Reno

0:15:50 Topic Change: Ryan and Dimitri discuss when and how they search the literature

0:19:08 Check out the podcast Why We Do What We Do

0:21:20 APA Handbook of Behavior Analysis edited by Gregory Madden

0:24:58 Check out T. V. Joe Layng and his contributions

0:28:49 Shout out to Mark Malady!

0:29:35 World Hypotheses: A Study in Evidence by Stephen Pepper

0:30:40 Learning and Complex Behavior by John Donahoe and David Palmer

0:34:45 Topic Change: Dimitri and Ryan share their tips on critically evaluating and consuming the research

0:39:53 Retzlaff et al. (2020) A translational evaluation of potential iatrogenic effects of single and combined contingencies during functional Analysis

0:41:17 Check out Greg Hanley and his contributions

0:43:38 Hayes, Hayes, & Reese (1988) Finding the philosophical core: A review of Stephen C. Pepper's World Hypotheses: A Study in Evidence

0:46:40 Check out Steven Hayes and his contributions

0:46:42 Check out Mark Dixon and his contributions

0:46:43 Check out Mark Sundberg and his contributions

0:46:45 Check out Pat McGreevy's bio

0:53:45 Check out Rick Kubina and his contributions

0:54:34 The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte

1:01:28 Check out Sham and Smith (2014) Publication bias in studies of an applied behavior‐analytic intervention: An initial analysis

1:08:24 Topic Change: So is there an article for that? Is there in other fields?

1:08:45 Food Dudes (Repeated Tasting Research Reference)

1:13:10 Check out these Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Bootcamps

1:13:51 Check out the WWDWWD podcast episode on Berserkers

1:13:54 Check out the WWDWWD podcast episode on Zombie Ants

1:14:19 Tom Buqo

1:15:50 From AI to Zeitgeist: A Philosophical Guide for the Skeptical Psychologist by N. H. Pronko

1:20:35 Check out the What Works Clearinghouse

1:22:50 What Is Evidence-Based Behavior Analysis? by Tristram Smith

1:23:26 medical article with tiers/criteria?

1:25:58 Check out Edward Morris and his contributions
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1h 30min
January 26, 2020Reacting to BF Skinner's 1990 APA Speech | TCE #016
0:00:30 Check out the video of Skinner's APA Convention keynote address in 1990

0:01:30 Topic: Dimitri and Ryan start the video and begin their commentary/review

0:02:18 Check out Ferster & Skinner's Schedules of Reinforcement (1957)

0:02:28 Check out The University of Minnesota's website for more information on Richard M. Elliott and his connection to Skinner

0:03:15 Check out Division 25 (Behavior Analysis) of the APA

0:03:45 Check out the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI)

0:03:46 Check out the Association for Professional Behavior Analysts (APBA)

0:03:50 Check out the APA Convention

0:04:05 Check out our episode Is EAB Still Breathing? w/ Anita Li and Matthew Bell

0:06:15 Check out Watson's Psychology as the Behaviorist Views it (1913) - AKA 'The Behaviorist Manifesto'

0:06:30 Topic: Dimitri and Ryan discuss the timeline/history of the science of behavior

0:06:45 Check out Skinner's The Behavior of Organisms (1938)

0:08:16 Topic: Dimitri and Ryan discuss Skinner's method of advocating for the science of behavior

0:09:45 Check out these articles for more information on J. R. Kantor - Fryling & Hayes (2017) and Moore (1984)

0:11:15 Topic: Ryan provides a quick run down on the history of Cognitive Psychology and Behaviorism

0:15:38 Topic: Dimitri and Ryan tie Skinner's speech to Selection by Consequences, Philosophy, and Functional Contextualism

0:18:43 Check out Skinner's About Behaviorism (1974)

0:22:55 For additional information on Goldiamond's approach Check out Layng's (2009) The Search for an Effective Clinical Behavior Analysis: The Nonlinear Thinking of Israel Goldiamond

0:24:09 Check out Steve Hayes' research and contributions

0:24:55 Topic: Ryan and Dimitri debate various issues around whether or not this speech contributed to the divides in behavior analysis within and outside of the field

0:28:20 Check out Ogden Lindsley's (2013) Skinner on Measurement

0:38:08 Topic: Dimitri and Ryan review Skinner's statements on the use of vernacular

0:41:50 Check out Skinner's (1971) Beyond Freedom and Dignity

0:43:35 Topic: Ryan and Dimitri reflect on how these statements made by Skinner are still applicable today
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1h 2min
January 12, 20202019 Year In Review | TCE #015
0:01:15 Topic: Dimitri and Ryan each talk about why and how The Controversial Exchange got started

0:06:15 Topic Change: A reflection of the podcast's growing pains in 2019

0:06:15 Check out the Why We Do What We Do podcast

0:08:00 Check out episode #004 Unethical & Unprofessional Behavior Analysts with Merrill Winston

0:08:00 Check out episode #014 Is EAB Still Breathing? w/ Anita Li and Matthew Bell

0:08:40 Check out episode #005 Mental Health & Behavior Analysis w/ Tina Patterson

0:08:40 Check out episode #010 Work/Life Balance is a Damn Illusion

0:09:25 Check out episode #002 Do Behavior Analysts DESERVE to Branch Outside Autism? w/ Miranda

0:09:25 Topic Change: Next steps, goals, and changes for 2020!

0:13:20 Are you interested in discussing a big issue in the field of behavior analysis on The Controversial Exchange? Reach out to us!

0:13:20 Check out Linda Hayes' research contributions and publications

0:18:10 Topic Shift: Ryan's content goals for The Controversial Exchange and The Daily BA

0:18:10 Topic Change: Ryan and Dimitri discuss their personal gains from recording a podcast

0:26:05 Shout out to our (~1000) regular listeners - we are so lucky and grateful!

0:26:05 Topic Change: Ryan and Dimitri open up about their personal lives

0:36:28 Topic Change: The field in review - growth, continuing education, social media, shareholders, and more

0:36:28 Check out the Inside the BACB podcast

0:37:10 Check out Jim Carr's research contributions and publications

0:37:10 Check out the Association for Behavior Analysis International's (ABAI) Blog

0:41:25 Check out the Behavior Bitches Podcast

0:41:25 Check out the Confessions of a Behavior Analyst group on Facebook

0:46:40 Check out the Changes to the BACB’s International Focus

0:46:40 Check out the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS)

0:51:55 Call to Action: Tell us what your thoughts are on 2019 and what you want to see in 2020 through our social media channels! Thank you all again!
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August 25, 2019Is EAB Still Breathing? w/ Anita Li and Matthew Bell | TCE #014
Full Links located at: https://thedailyba.com/tce
0:01:30 Hosts and Guests (Matt and Anita!) Introductions and Backgrounds in EAB!

0:02:25 Check out Matt's lab at SCU

0:03:10 Check out Michael Dougher's contributions and publications

0:03:57 Check out Al Poling's contributions and publications

0:04:00 Check out the journal Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice

0:04:30 Topic Change: What is EAB?

0:04:45 Question for listeners: Have you ever worked with animals?

0:07:00 For an example of Tony Nevin's publications on behavioral momentum check out The Analysis of Behavioral Momentum (1983)

0:07:00 For an example of Tony Nevin's publications on behavioral momentum check out The Momentum of Compliance (1996)

0:08:10 Topic Change: Where is EAB's current and future focus?

0:09:20 Check out the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

0:10:20 Check out Peter Killeen's contributions and publications

0:11:47 Check out Timberlake and Allison's (1974) Response Deprivation: An Empirical Approach to Instrumental Performance

0:14:30 Topic Shift: How does EAB benefit practitioners?

0:20:45 Topic Shift: The methodology of EAB, ABA, and Contextualism

0:21:20 **Dimitri's friend and scorpion work**

0:25:55 Topic Change: The current status of funding in EAB

0:27:05 Check out Matthew Bell's (2018) Winter is Coming to the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

0:28:45 Check out B. F. Skinner's contributions and publications

0:28:45 Check out Skinner's (1959) Cumulative Record

0:30:35 Check out the Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior (SQAB)

0:30:40 Check out the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI)

0:30:55 Topic Shift: EAB, Neuroscience, and Interdisciplinary Research

0:31:30 Check out Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky

0:35:35 Check out Skinner's (1961) The Flight From the Laboratory

0:37:42 For more information on adjunctive behavior check out Killeen and Pellón's (2013) Adjunctive Behaviors are Operants

0:37:42 For more information on adjunctive behavior check out Foster's (1978) Adjunctive Behavior: An Under-Reported Phenomenon in Applied Behavior Analysis?

0:37:50 Check out Brian Iwata's contributions and publications

0:38:20 Check out the National Institute of Health (NIH)

0:38:20 Check out the National Science Foundation (NSF)

0:39:45 Check out Jarmolowicz's (2018) EAB is Fine, Thanks for Asking

0:40:00 Check out Adam Fox's (2018) The Future is Upon Us

0:41:30 Topic Change: What is the role of Universities and other Organizations?

0:44:10 Check out BACB Certificant Data and Growth

0:45:30 Check out Division 25 (Behavior Analysis) of APA

0:46:10 Topic Shift: Is the identity of a Behavior Analyst changing?

0:49:25 Question for listeners: What are the metrics/measures of a successful field? Tell us in the comments!

0:49:50 Check out Ogden Lindsley's contributions and publications

0:55:45 Call to listeners: Don't be afraid to submit a paper, poster, talk to a conference/journal!

0:56:33 Check out Jonathan Tarbox's contributions and publications

0:56:35 Check out the journal Behavior Analysis in Practice

0:57:15 Topic Change: Is it too effortful for the practitioner to conduct research?

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1h 29min
August 20, 2019 Science is Supposed to be Progressive (Dogma in ABA) | TCE #013
0:01:44 Introduce Merrill Winston - Check out TCE's previous episode with Merrill
0:01:47 Introduce Jim Moore - Check out The Daily BA's video The Field Didn't Change... The Profession Didn't Change... I Changed w/ Jim Moore
0:01:50 Topic: Pliance, Tracking, Rule-Governed Behavior and how this relates to Authority and Power
0:02:05 For additional reading on Pliance and Tracking check out Hayes & Wilson (1993) Some applied implications of a contemporary behavior-analytic account of verbal events
0:02:05 For additional reading on Pliance and Tracking check out Rule-governed behavior: Cognition, contingencies, and instructional control by Steven Hayes
0:02:05 For additional reading on Pliance and Tracking check out Kissi et al. (2017) A systematic review of pliance, tracking, and augmenting
0:03:15 Check out Jordan Belisle's research contributions and publications
0:08:30 Topic Change: How Pliance has affected the divide between academia and practitioners
0:09:40 Check out David Barlow's research contributions and publications
0:12:35 Check out the BACB's stats on the number of practitioners obtaining certification since 1999
0:17:55 Topic Change: Merrill and Jim talk about sources of bias based on individual preferences and rules
0:19:55 Check out Starting Strength's website for further information on Mark Rippetoe
0:26:25 Check out Finding the philosophical core: A review of Stephen C. Pepper's World Hypotheses: A Study in Evidence by Steve Hayes, Linda Hayes, and Hayne Reese (1988)
0:28:00 Check out Brian Iwata's research contributions and publications
0:28:05 Check out Mark Durand's research contributions and publications
0:34:30 Check out The Daily BA's video I Didn't Know Her Circumstances with Pat Friman
0:37:10 Check out the Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: The Case Against Freedom with B. F. Skinner
0:38:25 Check out Skinner's Verbal Behavior (1957)
0:40:08 Check out Skinner's About Behaviorism (1976)
0:41:35 Check out a list of Skinner's contributions and publications
0:41:40 Check out Steven Hayes' contributions and publications
0:43:38 Check out Timothy Vollmer's contributions and publications
0:44:35 Check out Reinforcement magnitude and the inhibiting effect of reinforcement by Jack Michael (1979)
0:44:50 Check out William Baum's contributions and publications
0:51:08 For additional reading on Green's Adjusting-Amount and Adjusting-Delay Procedures check out Do adjusting-amount and adjusting-delay procedures produce equivalent estimates of subjective value in pigeons? by Green et al. (2007)
1:05:10 Check out Rob Wolff's website for further information
1:06:13 For additional information on the future of behavioral science and evolutionary science check out the video Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science Dialogue Between the Editors
1:06:40 For an example of Skinner's early work reflecting on biogenetics check out The phylogeny and ontogeny of behavior
1:08:10 Topic Change: The importance of collaborating within behavior analysis and with other sciences in order to move forward
1:10:05 Check out Mark Dixon's contributions and publications
1:10:20 Check out The Daily BA's video Threats to Behavior Analysis w/ Hank Schlinger
1:13:25 Check out Skinner's Beyond Freedom and Dignity
1:18:15 For more information on PEAK check out their website: https://www.peak2aba.com/
1:22:05 Check out the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1949
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1h 24min
August 11, 2019Behavior Analysis: A Field Behind the Times? | TCE #012
Links for Today
0:02:57 Topic: The differences between new and experienced BCBA's

0:06:02 Check out the Daily BA's video on Behavior Analysis’s Communication Problem

0:06:27 Topic Change: Everyone's role in disseminating good/bad and right/wrong information

0:12:57 Check out one of the Daily BA's videos with T. V. Joe Layng

0:13:27 Check out the Daily BA's video with Jim Moore

0:13:27 Check out TCE's episode with Merrill Winston

0:21:12 For additional reading on the comparison of the spread of disease and misinformation on social media check out "Ideas spread like disease: Let’s treat them with the same caution" published by Nick Enfield on The Guardian's website

0:24:32 Check out TCE's upcoming episode with Merrill Winston and Jim Moore

0:25:52 Check out this video interview with Joe Rogan, Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay for more information about the hoax papers project

0:29:32 Topic Change: The dark side of behavior analysis

0:29:32 Check out the trailer for The Great Hack (2019)

0:35:02 Check out TCE's episode "Everybody Lies… Including Behavior Analysts!" with Kathy Fox

0:42:42 Call to action: Get informed!

0:46:57 Dimitri's Flat Earth Society Update
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August 05, 2019Everybody Lies… Including Behavior Analysts! w/ Kathy Fox | TCE #011
Links for Today
0:03:07 Kathy, Ryan, and Dimitri discuss "Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are" by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

0:03:32 Check out the Ted Talk: "The Secrets in Our Google Searches" with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

0:15:32 Check out the Convergence Conference (CHATT Con) hosted annually in Seattle

0:15:32 For some extra reading on AI and Psychotherapy check out Luis de Mello and Alves de Souza's (2019) theoretical piece "Psychotherapy and Artificial Intelligence: A Proposal for Alignment"

0:19:57 Topic Change: The importance of our privacy vs. our free access to social media

0:27:02 Check out Marques Brownlee on Youtube

0:29:22 Topic Change: Could big data lead to the extinction of behavior analysts?

0:29:57 Check out Koenig's (1971) summary of Ogden Lindsley's Behavior Bank - "The Behavior Bank: A System for Sharing Precise Information"

0:30:12 Mentioned: Skinner's article in Time Magazine (1971) - "We Can't Afford Freedom"

0:31:12 Check out OpenAI.com

0:32:12 Check out the Daily BA's video on Neuralink

0:41:02 Check out AnswersNow

0:43:07 Topic Change: Can we, and do we want to stop technology advancements like AI?

0:46:12 Check out Shane Dawson and his video "The Return of Eugenia Cooney"

0:48:12 Check out Microsoft's $1B investment into open AI

0:54:07 Topic Change: Should advancements in this technology affect policy change?

0:56:27 Check out the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey results

1:07:57 Topic Change: Group privacy vs. Individual privacy

1:09:07 For some extra reading on Facebook studies and informed consent check out Flick's (2016) article "Informed consent and the Facebook emotional manipulation study"
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1h 18min
June 26, 2019Work/Life Balance is a Damn Illusion | TCE #010
In this episode, RYANO and Dimitri reflect on a recent episode of the Behavioral Observations Podcast w/ Matt Cicoria on The Illusion of Work/Life Balance. Thanks for inspiring us Matt, Jonathan, and Kristen!
0:02:24 Check Out: The Behavioral Observations Podcast

0:02:29 Check Out: The Daily BA's Video on Work-Life Balance

0:09:14 Topic Change: RYANO's Experience and Advice for Balancing Life, Work, and Personal Values

0:12:14 Topic Change: Is there such a thing as work-life balance?

0:14:14 Topic Change: Value Directed Behavior and Competing Values

0:17:29 Check Out: Jordan Harry's Ted Talk How To Read a Book a Day

0:19:54 Check Out: Matthew Norman's We're All Damaged

0:22:14 Topic Change: Preventing Burnout

0:24:19 Topic Change: Time Wasting Behavior

0:26:59 Topic Change: Flat Earth Society Check-In

0:29:14 Call to Action: Audit you Life and Create a Weekly Time Budget (168hr), Share your Tips and Tricks with Us!
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