Through associative learning, cues for biologically significant reinforcers such as food may gain access to mental representations of those reinforcers. Here, we used devaluation procedures, behavioral assessment of hedonic taste-reactivity responses, and measurement of immediate-early gene (IEG) expression to show that a cue for food engages…

This study examined the role of self-disclosure within protege/mentor dyads in formal mentoring partnerships within a corporate context as a means of learning more about specific relationship processes that may enhance the positive outcomes of mentoring. While both proteges and mentors self-disclosed in their relationships, proteges disclosed at a…

Describing the state of the science of ABA, this comprehensive handbook provides detailed information about theory, research, and intervention. The contributors are leading ABA authorities who present current best practices in behavioral assessment and demonstrate evidence-based strategies for supporting positive behaviors and reducing problem…

This report presents an analysis of an expert performing a highly interactive computer task. The analysis uses GOMS models, specifying the Goals, Operators, Methods, and Selection rules used by the expert; the GOMS models are implemented within a unified theory of cognition called Soar. Two models are presented, one with function-level operators,…

The paper reviews research which views the inappropriate behavior of children with autism from a pragmatics perspective and suggests a classroom-based tool for analyzing behaviors and planning interventions. The pragmatics premise is that all behavior reflects the individual's attempts to interact and communicate. The pragmatics perspective, then,…

Investigation of the effects of a series of treatment conditions upon some social behaviors may require observation of subjects mutually paired, in round-robin fashion. Data arising from such experiments are difficult to analyze, partly because they do not fit neatly into standard designs. A model is presented. (Author/BJG)

The often hypothesized relationship between risk taking and vocational choice behavior was examined by testing whether subjects preferring high levels of risk tended to choose high-risk occupations more often than low-risk occupations when asked to choose between them in an occupational selection task. Results do not indicate any significant…

Examines patterns of oral communication in encounter groups and identifies three stages of group life: boundary-seeking, ambivalence and actualization. (MH)

By looking at political science before and after the advent of behaviorism to see the way in which research ignored women as political beings and by looking at the influence of the contemporary woman's movement on the disciplines this paper assesses the how and why of the discipline's treatment of women. (JH)

This paper presents rationale, methodology, and implications for using action plans to facilitate behavior modification of college students in marriage education courses. Case studies are given as illustration of how action plans may be implemented. (Author)

Determined the effects of four counselor stimulus conditions on three measures of client verbal behavior: reflection of feeling, probe, confrontation, and unspecified responses. The three dependent variables were client affect words, self-referent pronouns, and present verb tense. (Author)

Behavioral studies of early visual development are interpreted within a framework provided by data from the neurosciences. Conclusions concerning the visual responses elicited during the first month of life and the more sophisticated reactions appearing during the second and third months of infancy are presented. (Author/SDH)

Thirty-one normal neonates were monitored for 24 hours on a newly developed movement monitor which provided measures of noncrying activity and counts of various movement amplitudes. (Author/SDH)

Experimental evidence on word frequency and its effect on speech production and perception are discussed. Methods of estimating word frequency and psychometric methods used are explained. (RM)

An analysis of some of the diversions (preoccupations with topics such as feelings, internal thought processes, inner life, the individual as a creative agent) which have delayed better understanding of human behavior and the formation of a science based on the relationship of the behavior of the organism to the environment. (EH)