seven c. hayes

Being Sad Isn’t Bad

November 16, 2020 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD bSci21.org Our thinking mind will never understand why being sad is actually good, says Dr. Steven C. Hayes during an interview with Art of Charm, posted below. The pioneer in Acceptance […]

ABA Practice

Growing Up Ethically: Why Our Ethical Code Is Insufficient, But Still Important

June 22, 2016 3

By Adam Ventura, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer My elbow dug deeply into the armrest of my desk chair, acting as a fulcrum to prop up my hand as it supported a troubled brow. I […]

Ivory Tower

What is a metacontingency?

February 5, 2015 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org There are contingencies and then there are metacontingencies. The prefix “meta” suggests something that subsumes operant contingencies to include something more. This “something more” refers to […]

Society

Netflix’s Queen’s Gambit a Motivating Operation for Chess

December 7, 2020 0

Dr. Todd Ward In behavioral science, we have a concept known as a motivating operation. It is something that increases the incentive value of something else, and makes it more likely that we will seek […]

Business/OBM

Why Annual Performance Reviews Only Are a Problem

June 28, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, M.A. & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates For most of us, annual performance reviews have been a part of our employment for our […]

Ivory Tower

Radical Behaviorism aint the only game in town!

February 6, 2015 8

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Most bSci21 readers are familiar with B.F. Skinner’s Radical Behaviorism. In the opening lines of About Behaviorism Skinner states that it is not a science, but the […]

Society

What Behavior Analysis Has To Say About Gay Marriage

June 16, 2015 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org In Beyond Freedom and Dignity, B. F. Skinner discussed values at the biological, behavioral, and cultural levels. In short, he regarded values at each level as what […]