Abstract
The paucity of transferred behavioral technologies is traced to the absence of strategies for developing technology that is transferable, as distinct from strategies for conducting research, whether basic or applied. In the field of engineering, the results of basic research are transformed to candidate technologies that meet standardized criteria with respect to three properties: quantification, repetition, and verification. The technology of vitrification and storage of nuclear waste is used to illustrate the application of these criteria. Examples from behavior analysis are provided, together with suggestions regarding changes in practice that will accelerate the development and application of behavioral technologies.
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Adapted from invited presentations by the first author to the 12th annual meeting of the Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis, Charleston, S.C., November 2–4, 1995, and the 105th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, August 15–19, 1997.
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Pennypacker, H.S., Hench, L.L. Making Behavioral Technology Transferable. BEHAV ANALYST 20, 97–108 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392767
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