By Manny Rodriguez, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer The field of behavior analysis has come a long way from the early days, however more can be done. I teach a course with this same title for the Continuing Education program at the…
By Daniel B. Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer Note: The following was adapted from an article written in the Operants Newsletter (Q4, 2015), published by the B.F. Skinner Foundation Have you ever sat down and read BF Skinner’s Walden Two?…
By Chelsea Wilhite, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer During my readings I often come across interesting passages; sometimes they are motivating, sometimes insightful, and sometimes even sad. I always think I will remember the quote based on the sheer impact…
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org If you haven’t yet noticed, religion is a recurring topic here at bSci21. In previous articles, we have explored the behavioral effects of prayer, ascetic practices, forgiveness from an ABA and…
By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer Anyone who regularly spends time at the front of the room is well aware of the effects that the environment can have on one’s behavior. If the audience is alert and attentive, it’s…
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Mother Jones recently published a provocative critique of “the Skinner Method” as it pertains to school behavior programs. The article noted that the so-called method is a “philosophy…that bad behavior must…
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Phil DeMuth wrote an article for Forbes called “How B.F. Skinner Will Save Online Education.” Online education, according to Phil, was supposed to be the answer to what he sees as…
by Brohavior bSci21.org contributing group Science is an endeavor aimed at increasing our contact with events in the natural world in a way that allows us to more effectively interact with those events (Skinner, 1953; Kantor, 1953). However, the information…
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org It’s daylight savings time again…that time when hundreds of millions of people “spring forward” and move their clocks forward an hour for the summer months. But do you know the…
By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21.org Contributing Writer I recently finished reading Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution, by Ken Wilber (1995). In it, Wilber attempts to put together a theory of… well… I think, everything. And by everything, I…