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A Model for Developing and Evaluating Behavioral Technology

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What has come to be recognized as a technology of behavior has been developing over the past 30 years or so. As is probably typical of the early years of a new technology’s development, there has been no plan or set of standards guiding this evolution; each contributor has simply brought along his or her history and motivating circumstances. Thus, a handful of basic animal laboratory researchers, a core of academics, a lot of practitioners, and miscellaneous entrepreneurs and interested parties have had assorted impacts on how this technology has progressed.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 36849, USA

    J. M. Johnston

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  1. Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Ron Van Houten

  2. Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Saul Axelrod

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Johnston, J.M. (1993). A Model for Developing and Evaluating Behavioral Technology. In: Van Houten, R., Axelrod, S. (eds) Behavior Analysis and Treatment. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9374-1_13

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