Hank Pennypacker- Strategies and Tactics of Behavioral Research

1.0 Type II CE Credit

This presentation was given at the Evidence-Based Solutions for Helping People Conference on April 18th, 2011.

About the presentation:

The search for answers to the causes of behavior originates with the advent of language and progresses from invented explanations through social scientific formulations to our present day natural scientific approach known as behavior analysis. This presentation traces this history with emphasis on the origins of measurement in the social sciences in contrast with the measurement practices of the natural sciences. The strategies and tactics of experimental analysis are illustrated with familiar examples. Emphasis is also placed on the cultural lag between discovery, application and cultural acceptance of revolutionary scientific advances such as evolution.

Learning Objectives:

•  Upon completion of this presentation, you were able to identify the strategies and tactics of experimental analysis.
• Upon completion of this presentation, you were able to understand the history of ABA with its origins of measurement in the social sciences.
• Upon completion of this presentation, you were able to recognize the cultural lag between discovery, application and cultural acceptance of revolutionary scientific advances such as evolution.