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B. F. Skinner’s contributions to applied behavior analysis

“…In addition, at Arizona State University (ASU), Staats (1957) was extending his research to applied issues in reading (e.g., Staats & Butterfield, 1965;Staats, Minke, Goodwin, & Landeen, 1967;see Staats, 1965see Staats, , 1996). Wolf's work with Staats, when Michael was also at ASU, when ASU was known as "Fort Skinner in the Desert" (Goodall, 1972), also likely influenced Wolf's applications at Washington. Staats's overall contribution to founding applied behavior analysis is, however, difficult to gauge.…”

“…After Michael read Science and Human Behavior, this was his role visa-vis Skinner and behavior analysis. In addition, Michael was the teacher, adviser, mentor, and colleague of many of the first generation of applied behavior analysts (see Goodall, 1972;Kazdin, 1978, pp. 233-274;Michael, 2003).…”

A case study in the misrepresentation of applied behavior analysis in autism: The gernsbacher lectures

“…This is where ABA's flagship journal (JABA) was founded (Wolf, 1993), the subdiscipline's basic dimensions were first articulated (Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968), and some of its earliest innovative programs of research were undertaken. These include the Juniper Gardens Children's Project for youth, school, and community development (Hall, Schiefelbusch, Greenwood, & Hoyt, 2006) and Achievement Place for juvenile offenders (i.e., the Teaching Family Model; Wolf, Kirigin, Fixsen, Blase, & Braukmann, 1995), both of them in collaboration with the Bureau of Child Research, now the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies (Schiefelbsuch & Schroeder, 2006;see Baer, 1993a;Goodall, 1972). 2 Applied behavior analysis involves an integration of research and application, including use-inspired basic research (i.e., basic research in the interests of application; e.g., stimulus control of stereotyped behavior; Doughty, Anderson, Doughty, Williams, & Saunders, 2007), discovery research (i.e., research on unplanned findings; e.g., on the overjustification effect; Roane, Fisher, & McDonough, 2003), and translational research (i.e., the translation of basic research into practice; e.g., reinforcer magnitude and delay; Lerman, Addison, & Kodak, 2006).…”