The Problem of Class Breakdown in Sidman’s (1994, 2000) Theory about the Origin of Stimulus EquivalenceSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 46 - Trang 217-235 - 2023
Benigno Alonso-Alvarez
Sidman (1994, 2000) hypothesized that equivalence relations are a direct outcome of reinforcement contingencies. This theory is problematic because contingencies do not always result in equivalence. Sidman proposed that equivalence relations may conflict with analytic units, the other outcome of contingencies (e.g., in conditional discriminations with common responses/reinforcers). This conflict m...... hiện toàn bộ
A Priori Justification for Effect Measures in Single-Case Experimental DesignsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 45 - Trang 153-186 - 2021
Rumen Manolov, Mariola Moeyaert, Joelle E. Fingerhut
Due to the complex nature of single-case experimental design data, numerous effect measures are available to quantify and evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention. An inappropriate choice of the effect measure can result in a misrepresentation of the intervention effectiveness and this can have far-reaching implications for theory, practice, and policymaking. As guidelines for reporting appro...... hiện toàn bộ
Tutorial. A Behavioral Analysis of Rationality, Nudging, and Boosting: Implications for PolicymakingSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 46 - Trang 89-118 - 2022
Marco Tagliabue
As recent trends in policymaking call for increased contributions from behavioral science, nudging and boosting represent two effective and relatively economic approaches for influencing choice behavior. They utilize concepts from behavioral economics to affect agents’ concurrent suboptimal choices: in principle, without applying coercion. However, most choice situations involve some coercive elem...... hiện toàn bộ
Grappling with the Complexity of Behavioral Processes in Human Psychological Suffering: Some Potential Insights from Relational Frame TheorySpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 46 - Trang 237-259 - 2022
Colin Harte, Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Julio C. de Rose, William F. Perez, João H. de Almeida
Relational frame theory (RFT) has historically been considered the basic explanatory science behind acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). However, some have argued that there has been an increasing separation between the two in recent years. The primary aim of the current article is to explore the extent to which RFT concepts, particularly those that have been proposed recently in the context o...... hiện toàn bộ
Related to Anxiety: Arbitrarily Applicable Relational Responding and Experimental Psychopathology Research on Fear and AvoidanceSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 41 - Trang 189-213 - 2017
Simon Dymond, Marc Bennett, Sean Boyle, Bryan Roche, Michael Schlund
Humans have an unparalleled ability to engage in arbitrarily applicable relational responding (AARR). One of the consequences of this ability to spontaneously combine and relate events from the past, present, and future may, in fact, be a propensity to suffer. For instance, maladaptive fear and avoidance of remote or derived threats may actually perpetuate anxiety. In this narrative review, we con...... hiện toàn bộ
Revisiting an Analysis of Threats to Internal Validity in Multiple Baseline DesignsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 45 - Trang 681-694 - 2022
Timothy A. Slocum, P. Raymond Joslyn, Beverly Nichols, Sarah E. Pinkelman
In our previous article on threats to internal validity of multiple baseline design variations (Slocum et al., 2022), we argued that nonconcurrent multiple baseline designs (NCMB) are capable of rigorously demonstrating experimental control and should be considered equivalent to concurrent multiple baselines (CMB) in terms of internal validity. We were fortunate to receive five excellent commentar...... hiện toàn bộ