how to communicate

The Speaker Doesn’t Matter: What Research in Verbal Behavior Can Tell Us About Effective Communication

April 21, 2015 bsci21 0

By Scott Herbst, PhD (scottaherbst@yahoo.com) bSci21 Contributing Writer In 1982, Charlie Catania, Byron Matthews, and Eliot Shimoff published a study looking at the effects of shaping verbal behavior. What they did was set up a multiple schedule. If […]

Society

Crowd Behavior Analysis from the Sky Aims to Prevent Tragedy

July 11, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Computer scientists at Middlebury College are working on a way to improve public safety at large public events through computer vision algorithms that detect anomalies in crowd behavior […]

Society

Our Behavior is Sabotaging Us

December 4, 2020 0

Dr. Todd Ward bSci21.org We know from research in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, that experiential avoidance, or avoiding thinking about unpleasant things, is a source of many psychological problems. It can also be a source […]

Business/OBM

Manager Behaviors that Drive Away Good Workers

December 25, 2015 0

By Tiffany N. Kilby, MS, BCBA Founder and Director of The Behavior Station, LLC One thing that all fields have in common is workers. While there are all different kinds of jobs, most jobs seem to have […]

Society

Could this behavior game turn the world green?

June 22, 2015 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Bill Heward, co-author of the foundational ABA text that has come to be known as “The White Book,” published an article with co-author Jonathan Kimball in […]

Society

Law Enforcement by Positive Reinforcement in Ontario

May 27, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org 2015 has not been kind to the law enforcement community after events in Ferguson Missouri, and others, have put police departments under public scrutiny like never before. […]

Society

How Language Research can Inform COVID-19 Policy.

July 22, 2020 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA bSci21Media, LLC Several news outlets recently reported on a PloS Medicine study which concluded that a large pandemic can be prevented with three behaviors: social distancing, hand washing, and […]