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These papers were presented at a symposium held at the 93rd annual convention of the American Psychological Association, August, 1985, Los Angeles, CA. The papers, in order, address the following topics: the history of operant research with human subjects with particular attention to the type and quantity of research conducted since the mid-1950s; interpretation versus experimentation in the experimental analysis of human behavior (EAHB) with particular emphasis on rule-governed behavior; the historical and current roles of children as subjects in operant research; the relation between basic laboratory research with humans and applied behavior analysis; and the need for future research concentrating on complex human behavior. Each of these papers is discussed in the final section of the proceedings.
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Buskist, W., Dietz, S.M., Etzel, B. et al. The Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior: History, Current Status, and Future Directions. Psychol Rec 37, 3 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395865
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