The State of Teaching Philosophy in Behavior Analysis Training Programs

IF 2.1 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Behavior Analysis in Practice Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI:10.1007/s40617-023-00889-8

Bethany P. Contreras, Matthew Lewon, Caitlyn Peal, Nicholas L. Vitale

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Professional organizations that oversee the accreditation of graduate training programs in behavior analysis have increased didactic training requirements for programs in various domains across the years. One of the areas in which this has occurred concerns training in philosophy within behavior science. Although content-hour requirements for didactic philosophical training have increased, the contents of this training are not prescribed and are left to the discretion of individual programs. We conducted a survey of verified course sequence programs to assess the current state of training in philosophy in behavior analysis graduate training programs. The results provided a list of common topics and readings in philosophy courses, and indicated an emphasis on radical behaviorism and the works of B. F. Skinner. The list of topics and readings obtained provides a resource for course design, and we suggest that exposing students to a broader range of behavioristic and nonbehavioristic topics and readings may enhance students’ orientation to philosophical issues in behavior analysis.

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行为分析培训项目的教学理念现状

多年来，负责监督行为分析研究生培训项目认证的专业组织提高了对不同领域项目的教学培训要求。其中一个领域涉及行为科学中的哲学培训。虽然哲学说教培训的学时要求有所提高，但培训内容并没有规定，而是由各个项目自行决定。我们对经过验证的课程序列项目进行了调查，以评估行为分析研究生培训项目中哲学培训的现状。调查结果提供了一份哲学课程中常见主题和读物的清单，并显示了对激进行为主义和 B. F. Skinner 作品的重视。我们建议，让学生接触更广泛的行为主义和非行为主义主题和读物，可以提高学生对行为分析哲学问题的认识。

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Behavior Analysis in Practice PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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期刊介绍： Behavior Analysis in Practice, an official journal of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, is a peer-reviewed translational publication designed to provide science-based, best-practice information relevant to service delivery in behavior analysis. The target audience includes front-line service workers and their supervisors, scientist-practitioners, and school personnel. The mission of Behavior Analysis in Practice is to promote empirically validated best practices in an accessible format that describes not only what works, but also the challenges of implementation in practical settings. Types of articles and topics published include empirical reports describing the application and evaluation of behavior-analytic procedures and programs; discussion papers on professional and practice issues; technical articles on methods, data analysis, or instrumentation in the practice of behavior analysis; tutorials on terms, procedures, and theories relevant to best practices in behavior analysis; and critical reviews of books and products that are aimed at practitioners or consumers of behavior analysis.