By Angela Cathey, M.A. bSci21 Contributing Writer As a behavior analyst my attention is often drawn to cycles of behavior. Where there is a pattern, there can be prediction and change. In recent news, I have seen repeated criticisms of…
By Angela Cathey, M.A. bSci21 Contributing Writer It’s long since time for those in the behavioral traditions to come back to principles. Coming from a clinical psychology training background I feel that I, and many others, are coming full circle….
By Angela J. Cathey, M.A. Guest Author Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) is booming and poised to grow exponentially. There are several fairly recent advancements in the behavior analysis of symbolic thought (RFT; Hayes, Barnes-Holmes, Roche, 2001) and technology (e.g., Natural Language…
By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer …and what’s funny is that I am writing an article about rule governed behavior and psychological flexibility, will eventually challenge you to break some of your rules, and I just spent about a…
By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer Back in September, I wrote about integrity, what it is, why it contributes to your experience of self, and how to restore your integrity when it goes out. The nickel version is basically…
By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer I’d like to write about reinforcing good social behavior. It’s something we recommend; I don’t know that we practice it so well. I was really confronted by this recently when a colleague reached…
By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer In just about every circle I travel, integrity is a big deal. In behavior analysis, we mostly worry about integrity with respect to our treatment programs. In fact, when Baer, Wolf, and Risley…
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC Everyone has to sell their ideas every day. The term “sell” doesn’t necessarily imply money, but it does imply persuasion — convincing people that your way is the right way. You…
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC NBC News recently ran a story on the tragic Germanwings crash that occurred earlier this week. One of the pilots, Andreas Lubitz, locked his fellow pilot out of the cockpit and…
By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC The more you use Facebook, the worse you feel. That is the conclusion from a study published in the journal PLOS One. Researchers from the University of Michigan followed 82 participants…