October 2013

Predicting Violent Behavior

October 11, 2013 bsci21 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The New York Times recently published an article on our (in)ability to predict violent behavior, such as the shooting spree at the Washington Navy Yard. In […]

Business/OBM

Preventing Credit Card Fraud with Goal Setting and Prompting

October 3, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Chris Downing Jr., Nicole Capriola, and Scott Geller recently published a study in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management on the effects of goal-setting and prompting to increase the likelihood […]

Ivory Tower

A Behavioral Look at Superstition

October 16, 2017 0

By Melissa Druskis, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Black cats, the number 13, finding a four-leaf clover, or walking under a ladder are all arbitrary events that can signify either good or bad luck for […]

Lifestyle

How to Increase Hand Sanitizer Use with ABA

April 5, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC A college cafeteria is filled with germs. Thousands of people a week come in and out, their hands having been who-knows-where. Those hands touch the same […]

ABA Practice

A More Inclusive View of What Drives Behavior

July 24, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, M.A. & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Many behavior analysts begin with a rather constrained view of what drives behavior as a result […]

Society

If a behavior analyst rewrote classic literature.

November 26, 2016 1

By Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA, LABA bSci21 Contributing Writer If you are anything like me, you enjoy a good book with an emotional ending. However, as I pursued my education and career in Behavior Analysis, I […]