57 Years of Searching Among Behaviorisms: A Memoir
Paper given by Verplanck on his scientific career in various sorts of behavior analysis. Really interesting history. |
Animal Reinforcement Forum (ARF)
Listserv for the discussion of behavioral principles as they are applied to the training and modification of animal behavior. Anyone interested in discussing or learning how behavior analysis is used to train animals is encouraged to join. |
Applied Behavior Analysis Resources for Recovery from Autism/PDD/Hyperlexia
Resources for behavioral intervention for autism: research, professionals, schools, support groups, curriculum materials, and special education and legal resources. |
B. F. Skinner Biography
Brief overview of his life and work. |
Behavior Analysts, Inc.
Behavior Analysts, Inc., seeks to provide high-quality, effective interventions for children with developmental disabilities, and to provide training to other professionals in the delivery of these services. |
Behavioral Science Technology, Inc
Resource for people interested in behavioral safety, injury prevention, behavior-based quality and other applications of behavioral technology. News, results data, articles, discussion groups and listings of seminars and BST products. |
Behaviorism Tutorial: Athabasca University
Free online introductory tutorial on Behaviorism. Focuses on the distinction between methodological and radical behaviourism. Fun quiz at end. |
Behaviorists For Social Responsibility
Contingencies shape and maintain behavior that affects individual choices, social justice, and environmental protection. The search for contingencies that enhance these outcomes, instead of ignoring them, is a concern of this site. |
Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
Rich set of resources for research, professional advancement, and applications to education, industry, and special populations. Sections on aging, autism, parenting, behavioral safety, organizational behavior, pets and animals, and verbal behavior. |
Comprehensive Application of Behavioral Analysis to Schooling
This systems approach to schooling is a registered trademark developed and held by Dr. R. Douglas Greer of Columbia University Teachers College. The site provides information about a behavioral model of schooling that draws on the experimental and applie |
Glossary of Terms for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Glossary of basic terms of Behavior Analysis, plus definitional quotations from classic works. |
Institute for Applied Behavior Analysis
IABA is an organization that advances the use of non-aversive, person-centered procedures in the field of challenging behavior. This site offers a number of publications for professionals as resources and guides to applying positive reinforcement procedu |
Links of interest to behavior analysts
Great annotated list of links to journals, organizations, and websites of interest to behavior analysts. |
Los Horcones: A Walden Two community
A Walden Two community (after the book by Fred Skinner) founded in 1973. Los Horcones is an experimental culture. It functions as a social laboratory where cultural practices or macrocontingencies are scientifically studied from a behavioral analytic p |
Performance Management
General information on and description of performance management, plus articles, newsletter, book reviews, links to international performance management consultancies. |
Positive Reinforcement: A Self-Instructional Exercise
Online tutorial on positive reinforcement. Also serves as an example of the self-instructional "distance learning" exercises used in many Athabasca University (Canada) courses. |
Reinforcing Behaviour Therapy
Article written "to strip the confusion surrounding behaviour therapy and to explain its scientific base." Not entirely based on science. |
Some Internet Resources in Behavior Analysis
Very click-able. Not primarily about behavior analysis, but some stuff. |
The Behavior Analysis Laboratory, Florida International University
Dedicated to the experimental analysis of behavior and the application of empirically derived principles of behavior to improve human lives. The research program is centered on symbolic learning in humans and animals other than humans. |
The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
This website is a direct link to the highly recognized professional research journal with online abstracts, and research submission information. |
Threshold Inc. Behavior Analysis Resources
Categorised listing of links with descriptions to special interest groups, publications, educational institutions, organizations, and commercial sites. |
William S. Verplanck
Dr. Verplank has spent 50 years doing behavior analysis, research, and a little psychophysics, in the lab and in the real world. |
