Studies in applied behavior analysis have used two expressions of reliability for human observations: percentage agreement and correlational techniques (including the phi coefficient). Formulas for converting percentage agreement scores to phi coefficients and vice versa are presented. (Author/RL)

Investigates positive and negative perspectives of self-disparaging humor. (MH)

Investigates the relationship between dress and personality for both males and females by matching four clothing variables and various categories of personality traits. (MH)

Respondents reported more completely under the conditions of a "rapport" interview than they did when a more "professional" method was used. (KS)

Traces functional assessment (FA) in school settings to early contributions by B. F. Skinner. FA plays an important role in behavior analysis, and the value of this approach in dealing with behavior problems in many settings has long been evident. Although interest in FA in school settings has only recently become widespread, FA in education has a…

The focus on the individual that is possible in analyzing behavioral data provides the possibility of investigating sequencing effects. Autocorrelation--as illustrated with classroom data from a previous study--can cause standard procedures to underestimate the magnitude of measurement error. Recommendations are made to reduce the effects of…

Thorndike is remembered by a former research assistant who began working with him in 1938 at the Institute of Educational Research, Teachers College Columbia University. Impressions of Thorndike the teacher, behavioral scientist, educational inventor and guiding force of the Institute are shared. (IAH)

This study examined the bahavioral science support for a set of 20 food-buying principles. Three types of principles are found; they differ in the consumer behaviors they recommend and in the nature and strength of support they receive in the behavioral science literature. (Author/JOW)

This introduction reviews recent trends in childhood memory research, focusing on closer relations between the study of memory development and the study of cognitive and neurological development, new relations between the study of memory development and the study of adult memory, and new relations between the study of memory development and…

The conception of psychology, presented by Hugo Munsterberg in his address, as a unitary science of the human mind was an idea whose time came much later. This address marks a stage in the transition from philosophy to psychology. (SLD)

Surveyed a sample of the Association for Specialists in Group Work members (n=178) to obtain information regarding research activities and attitudes related to research groups. Results revealed that slightly more than one-third had conducted research with groups during past two years and nonpractitioners were more likely than practitioners or…

This article on the use of applied behavior analysis with students who have autism focuses on selected recently developed stimulus control techniques. These include new methods for teaching conditional discrimination (matching) skills, stimulus equivalence procedures, prompt and prompt-fading techniques, and incidental teaching procedures.…

This introductory article introduces papers that present examples of neuroimaging applications in the field of communication sciences and disorders. It notes that neuroimaging studies were usually an outgrowth of earlier behavioral research or clinical observations with knowledge of the disorder's behavioral characteristic critical to development…

This paper offers a case study of the origins, emergence, and evolution of the term "cumulative record" as the name for the means by which B. F. Skinner brought his behavior under the control of his subject matter. Our methods included on-line searches, reviews of Skinner's publications, and journal codings and counts. The results reveal that the…