social change

Beyond Free Will & Independence from Social Influence

October 8, 2015 bsci21 0

By Scott Miller of Brohavior Guest Author In an attempt to increase air traffic safety, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) called for researchers to investigate optimal conditions for safe piloting, but did so without obtaining […]

Lifestyle

A Behavior Analytic Perspective on Flirtation and the Complexity of Tacting Repertoires

May 1, 2017 0

By Jennifer Wade, PhD Guest Author I’ve always been a fan of people watching; any opportunity when I can watch individuals interact with one another has been engaging. My fondness for people watching encompasses every […]

ABA Practice

The European Misinformation Campaign Against ABA

May 15, 2015 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC Mickey Keenan recently wrote in The Conversation about the gulf in Applied Behavior Analysis services between the U.S. and Europe. He highlighted, for example, that 41 […]

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

Whatever happened to “saving the world” with ABA?

March 3, 2015 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Drs. Mark Mattaini and Molli Luke provide a provocative editorial for the newest issue of Behavior and Social Issues, titled “‘Saving the World’ with a Matrix.” […]

ABA Practice

Teaching clients to express emotions as a part of social skills training

December 31, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates In a recent video by Brett DiNovi & Associates, Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) Heather Nunziato presents an example of […]

Business/OBM

For High Performance, Focus on Results

November 4, 2016 0

By Daniel B. Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer Do you remember the jobs that you used to get as a kid? Mowing the lawn, raking leaves, shoveling snow, or working a paper route. When you […]