The elimination of tantrum behavior by extinction procedures.

Williams, Carl D.

doi:10.1037/h0046688

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“…The dependence of the field's founding publications on method is illustrated by Williams's (1959) article, ''The Elimination of Temper Tantrums by Extinction Procedures.'' Among the publications we identified as founding, it was the arguably the founding publication because it was the first publication, if first means founding, which it need not.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Among the publications we identified as founding, it was the arguably the founding publication because it was the first publication, if first means founding, which it need not. Although published the same year as Ayllon and Michael (1959) First, if our inclusion criterion for applied had been consistent with Baer et al's (1968) description of the applied dimension as applied research on behavior that was important to the participants but was not a behavioral application, then Williams (1959) would not be the founding publication. At least one such applied article was published earlier (Flanagan et al's, 1958, analysis of stuttering).…”

Section: Dependence On Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Second, if our inclusion criterion for research had been more consistent with Baer et al's (1968) description of the analytic dimension, then again Williams (1959) would not be the founding publication. Ayllon and Michael (1959) would be; they used an AB design in one of the five studies, whereas Williams used none (just two extinction curves).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Third, if our inclusion criteria had included Baer et al's (1968) behavioral dimension, which required quantitative reports of interobserver agreement, then neither Williams (1959) nor Ayllon and Michael (1959) would be the founding publication. would be; they reported interobserver agreement.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…9 Other articles. In addition to the above 12 publications, we included 24 others: Williams (1959); Isaacs et al (1960); Zimmerman and Zimmerman (1962); Neale (1963); Sherman (1963Sherman ( , 1965; Azrin (1964, 1965); Hewett (1964Hewett ( , 1965Bensberg, Colwell, and Cassel (1965) Risley and Wolf (1967a).…”

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A study in the founding of applied behavior analysis through its publications

2013

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This article reports a study of the founding of applied behavior analysis through its publications. Our methods included hand searches of sources (e.g., journals, reference lists), search terms (i.e., early, applied, behavioral, research, literature), inclusion criteria (e.g., the field's applied dimension), and (d) challenges to their face and content validity. Our results were 36 articles published between 1959 and 1967 that we organized into 4 groups: 12 in 3 programs of research and 24 others. Our discussion addresses (a) limitations in our method (e.g., the completeness of our search), (b) challenges to the validity of our methods and results (e.g., convergent validity), and (c) priority claims about the field's founding. We conclude that the claims are irresolvable because identification of the founding publications depends significantly on methods and because the field's founding was an evolutionary process. We close with suggestions for future research.

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Section: Dependence On Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%