Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Fuzzy Outline of an Operant

  • Commentary
  • Published:
The Behavior Analyst Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  • Research Autism (2017). Applied behavior analysis and autism. Retrieved March 1, 2017, http://researchautism.net/autism-interventions/our-evaluations-interventions/120/applied-behaviour-analysis-and-autism.

  • Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., & Risley, T. R. (1968). Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1, 91–97. doi:10.1901/jaba.1968.1-91.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Batts, B., & Crawford, L. L. (1991). Problematic progress: a review of Laudan’s Progress and its problems and science and values. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 55, 337–349.

    Article  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Cartwright, A., Roche, B., Gogarty, M., O’Reilly, A., & Stewart, I. (2016). Using a modified Function Acquisition Speed Test (FAST) for assessing implicit gender stereotypes. Psychological Record, 66, 223–233.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chritchfield, T.S. & Reed, D. D. (2017). The fuzzy concept of applied behavior analysis research. The Behavior Analyst, in press.

  • Ferster, C. B. (1978). Is operant conditioning getting bored with behavior? Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 29, 347–349.

    Article  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Keenan, M. (2016). ABA and the nail that sticks out. ABA – klinec, ktorý vytŕča…. ŠPECIÁLNY PEDAGÓG, Časopis pre špeciálnopedagogickú teóriu a prax, 5. ročník, 2016, č. 1. p. 3–14 (Slovakian Journal of Special Education). Retrieved March 12, 2017, http://docplayer.net/36812919-Specialny-pedagog-casopis-pre-specialnopedagogicku-teoriu-a-prax-rocnik-5.html.

  • Keenan, M., Dillenburger, K., Moderato, P., & Röttgers, H.-R. (2010). Science for sale in a free market economy: but at what price? ABA and the treatment of autism in Europe. Behavior and Social Issues, 19, 124–141.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Keenan, M., Dillenburger, K., Röttgers, H.-R., Dounavi, K., Jónsdóttir, S. L., Moderato, P., Schenk, J. A. M., Virués-Ortega, J., & Roll-Pettersson, L. (2014). Autism and ABA: the gulf between North America and Europe. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2, 167–183.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Keenan, M., & Toal, L. (1991). Periodic reinforcement and second-order schedules. Psychological Record, 41, 87–115.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Seligman, M. E. P., & Hager, J. L. (1972). Biological boundaries of learning. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.

  • Watt, A. A., Keenan, M., Barnes, D., & Cairns, E. (1991). Social categorisation and stimulus equivalence. Psychological Record, 41, 33–50.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zeiler, M. D. (1984). The sleeping giant. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 42, 485–493.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland

    Mickey Keenan

Authors
  1. Mickey Keenan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Mickey Keenan.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of Interest

The author declares that he has no conflict of interest.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Keenan, M. The Fuzzy Outline of an Operant. BEHAV ANALYST 40, 187–191 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-017-0097-6

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-017-0097-6

Keywords

Search

Navigation