I am a Behavior Analyst and an Advocate for ABA: Are you?

IF 3.8 3区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Perspectives on Behavior Science Pub Date : 2025-08-15 eCollection Date: 2025-09-01 DOI:10.1007/s40614-025-00470-4
William H Ahearn
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Abstract

Behavior analysis and applied behavior analysis (ABA) have had many opponents since their inception. These opponents present challenges to the understanding and acceptance of our perspective and our professional practice. Asserting that behavior is a product of environmental circumstances is in opposition to our everyday language understanding of the cause of a person's behavior in that their behavior is determined not autonomous. From a clinical perspective this leads to finding environmental causes and then engineering procedures to produce socially meaningful change in behavior. This piece discusses some challenges from internal critics who place their brand of service above ABA.

我是一名行为分析师和ABA的倡导者:你呢?
行为分析和应用行为分析(ABA)从一开始就有很多反对者。这些反对者对我们的观点和专业实践的理解和接受提出了挑战。断言行为是环境环境的产物与我们日常语言中对一个人行为原因的理解是相反的,因为他们的行为是被决定的,而不是自主的。从临床角度来看,这导致寻找环境原因,然后设计程序,以产生对社会有意义的行为改变。这篇文章讨论了一些来自内部批评者的挑战,他们将自己的品牌服务置于ABA之上。
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Perspectives on Behavior Science
Perspectives on Behavior Science PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-
CiteScore
3.90
自引率
10.00%
发文量
34
期刊介绍: Perspectives on Behavior Science is an official publication of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. It is published quarterly, and in addition to its articles on theoretical, experimental, and applied topics in behavior analysis, this journal also includes literature reviews, re-interpretations of published data, and articles on behaviorism as a philosophy.
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