Behavior Science Emerges

Hantula, Donald A.

doi:10.1007/s40614-018-0163-8

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“…In keeping with Perspectives on Behavior Science guidelines(Hantula, 2018), we will use behavior science/ analysis and behavior scientists/analysts to refer to the science/practice and scientists/practitioners, respectively, of the field formerly known as behavior analysis.…”

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An Overview of Scientific Reproducibility: Consideration of Relevant Issues for Behavior Science/Analysis

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For over a decade, the failure to reproduce findings in several disciplines, including the biomedical, behavioral, and social sciences, have led some authors to claim that there is a so-called "replication (or reproducibility) crisis" in those disciplines. The current article examines: (a) various aspects of the reproducibility of scientific studies, including definitions of reproducibility; (b) published concerns about reproducibility in the scientific literature and public press; (c) variables involved in assessing the success of attempts to reproduce a study; (d) suggested factors responsible for reproducibility failures; (e) types of validity of experimental studies and threats to validity as they relate to reproducibility; and (f) evidence for threats to reproducibility in the behavior science/analysis literature. Suggestions for improving the reproducibility of studies in behavior science and analysis are described throughout. Keywords Reproducibility . Replication . Null hypothesis significance testing . Statistical power . Effect size measures . Statistical conclusion validity . Construct validityThe crucial role of replication is established in science generally. The undetected equipment failure, the rare and possibly random human errors of procedure, observation, recording, computation, or report are known well enough to make scientists wary of the unreplicated experiment. When we add to the possibility of the random "fluke," common to all sciences, the fact of individual organismic differences and the possibility of systematic experimenter effects in at least the

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“…The findings from the current study contribute to the knowledge by integrating behavioral and neural data for a fuller assessment of behavior ( Donahoe, 2017 ; Ortu and Vaidya, 2017 ; Hantula, 2018 ). Such collaboration between research fields will help shed light on complex behavioral phenomena ( Ortu and Cihon, 2019 ; Newland, 2020 ) by using behavior analysis principles to explain phenomena on neural levels ( Hantula, 2019 ).…”

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Analyzing motivating functions of consumer behavior: Evidence from attention and neural responses to choices and consumption

Pawar

Fagerstrøm²,

Sigurðsson³

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Front. Psychol.

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Academia and business have shown an increased interest in using neurophysiological methods, such as eye-tracking and electroencephalography (EEG), to assess consumer motivation. The current research contributes to this literature by verifying whether these methods can predict the effects of antecedent events as motivating functions of attention, neural responses, choice, and consumption. Antecedent motivational factors are discussed, with a specific focus on deprivation as such a situational factor. Thirty-two participants were randomly assigned to the experimental and control conditions. Water deprivation of 11–12 h was used as an establishing operation to increase the reinforcing effectiveness of water. We designed three experimental sessions to capture the complexity of the relationship between antecedents and consumer behavior. Experimental manipulations in session 1 established the effectiveness of water for the experimental group and abolished it for the control group. Results from session 2 show that participants in the experimental group had significantly higher average fixation duration for the image of water. Their frontal asymmetry did not provide significant evidence of greater left frontal activation toward the water image. Session 3 demonstrated that choice and consumption behavior of the relevant reinforcer was significantly higher for participants in the experimental group. These early findings highlight the potential application of a multi-method approach using neurophysiological tools in consumer research, which provides a comprehensive picture of the functional relationship between motivating events, behavior (attention, neural responses, choice, and consumption), and consequences.

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“…We would be remiss in our analysis of behavioral science and the prevention of substance use if we did not comment on the use of self-report measures in much of the existing prevention science research. Along with others in the field, we find that rigid definitions of what counts as "behavior analysis" have either (1) impeded research on many problems of great social importance or (2) have driven people out of the behavior analysis community who were willing to work on these problems (Critchfield & Reed, 2017;Friman, 2017;Hantula, 2018;Killeen & Jacobs, 2017;Washio & Humphreys, 2018).…”

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Behavioral Science and the Prevention of Adolescent Substance Abuse

Biglan

Ryzin

2019

Perspect Behav Sci

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This article reviews the evidence regarding behavioral science approaches to the prevention of substance use disorders. Prevention science grew out of research on family and school-based interventions that were designed to treat common behavioral problems of children and adolescents. That research showed that the amelioration of problems such as aggressive behavior could prevent the development of later problems including substance use, depression, and academic failure. We begin by reviewing evidence regarding the risk factors that contribute to the development of substance use disorders, as well as the protective factors that can reduce their likelihood. We then describe a variety of family, school, and community prevention programs that have been shown to prevent youthful use and abuse of substances. We conclude by describing the progress that has been made in getting these programs widely and effectively implemented, and the challenges we face in getting to the point where most communities are achieving considerable success in prevent substance use and the other common and costly behavioral and psychological problems of children and adolescents.

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Behavior Science Emerges

Cited by 7 publications

References 48 publications

An Overview of Scientific Reproducibility: Consideration of Relevant Issues for Behavior Science/Analysis

An Overview of Scientific Reproducibility: Consideration of Relevant Issues for Behavior Science/Analysis

Analyzing motivating functions of consumer behavior: Evidence from attention and neural responses to choices and consumption

Behavioral Science and the Prevention of Adolescent Substance Abuse

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