{"title":"School, meds, and moms: Using the Standard Celeration Chart for a contextual analysis of behavior.","authors":"Tiffany Aninao, T. Fuller, K. Newsome, D. Newsome","doi":"10.1037/H0101311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/H0101311","url":null,"abstract":"Contextual factors can have a significant impact on treatment outcomes. However, systematic analysis is difficult in the absence of appropriate measurement tools. The Standard Celeration Chart provides a way for evaluating the effects of these variables through its standardization and availability of immediate data analysis and decision making. Standard Celeration Charts are presented demonstrating how the date synchronization feature of the Standard Celeration Chart is used to identify and assess the influence of contextual variables. Specifically, using the Standard Celeration Chart can make contextual analysis possible by illustrating how school enrollment status, medication changes, and inconsistent session attendance can be observed as factors critical to academic task performance.","PeriodicalId":314223,"journal":{"name":"The Behavioral Development Bulletin","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124332482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Establishment of conditioned reinforcement for visual observing and the emergence of generalized visual-identity matching.","authors":"R. D. Greer, H. Han","doi":"10.1037/H0101316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/H0101316","url":null,"abstract":"ion Match Responses Preand Postconditioning Identical match-to-sample Matching 26 uppercase alphabet letters (A-Z) Matching 26 lowercase alphabet letters (a-z) Matching 10 Arabic numbers (0–9) Matching five colors Matching five shapes Matching five animals (e.g., cat, dog, horse, elephant) Abstraction match-to-sample Matching 26 uppercase alphabet letters (A-Z)ion match-to-sample Matching 26 uppercase alphabet letters (A-Z) Matching 26 lowercase alphabet letters (a-z) Matching 10 Arabic numbers (0–9) Matching five colors Matching five shapes Matching five animals (e.g., cat, dog, horse, elephant) 236 GREER AND HAN T hi s do cu m en t is co py ri gh te d by th e A m er ic an Ps yc ho lo gi ca l A ss oc ia tio n or on e of its al lie d pu bl is he rs . T hi s ar tic le is in te nd ed so le ly fo r th e pe rs on al us e of th e in di vi du al us er an d is no t to be di ss em in at ed br oa dl y.","PeriodicalId":314223,"journal":{"name":"The Behavioral Development Bulletin","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127612935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing functional relations: The utility of the standard celeration chart.","authors":"Kaycee Bennett, K. Newsome, D. Newsome","doi":"10.1037/H0101308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/H0101308","url":null,"abstract":"The discovery of functional relationships among variables is critical to the behavior scientist’s goal of prediction and influence of behavior. Precision teachers’ efforts are bolstered by their ability to illuminate functional relations between tool skills (e.g., letter sound fluency) and composite repertoires (e.g., oral reading fluency) using the Standard Celeration Chart (SCC). Ongoing assessment of composite repertoires in the context of tool skill interventions permits data-based decision making for optimal acquisition rates at the composite level. In this report, data obtained from learners enrolled in our handwriting curriculum illustrate the SCC’s role in identifying and capitalizing on these functional relations.","PeriodicalId":314223,"journal":{"name":"The Behavioral Development Bulletin","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128967794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"I can do this math, yo!","authors":"S. Spillman, Kerri Milyko","doi":"10.1037/H0101309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/H0101309","url":null,"abstract":"Various barriers to developing fluent academic performance can emerge through one’s own verbal behavior. Engaging in a high frequency of negative statements is an example of such barriers. A third-grade female student was referred to a Precision Teaching (PT) center to receive services in math remediation. It was quickly identified that she engaged in negative statements about math and about herself as a student. The combination of PT techniques with Calkin’s 1-min positive thoughts intervention (Calkin, 2003) resulted in an immediate decrease in negative statements while increasing the student’s positive statements and academic performance. This trend in performance continued to grow across 5 weeks. Further, overall grade-level performance improvement was observed on curriculum based measurement assessments given prior to and following the center’s 20-hr math intervention.","PeriodicalId":314223,"journal":{"name":"The Behavioral Development Bulletin","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114328808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The power of the mand: Utilizing the mand repertoire to decrease problem behavior.","authors":"Cornelius Habarad, M. Sheila","doi":"10.1037/H0101310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/H0101310","url":null,"abstract":"The acquisition of a competent manding repertoire can present a challenge for a typically developing child with verbal behavior; it can be even more cumbersome for a child with autism who is effectively vocally nonverbal. Minshawi et al. (2014) recognized that the side effects of language delays, such as self-injurious behavior (SIB), must also be addressed because of the high correlation between SIB and a limited vocal verbal repertoire. The present study examined the relationship between SIB and a manding repertoire with 2 methods of communication. The participant of the present study was a 12-year-old boy who received direct, 1-on-1 Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, emphasizing the development of the verbal repertoire. The study focused on 2 goals: establishing an effective manding repertoire while decreasing SIB. The subject began the study using PECS as his primary communication system, adaptive sign language was introduced as a secondary method of communication. The results suggest a correlation between an increased verbal repertoire and the decrease of SIB.","PeriodicalId":314223,"journal":{"name":"The Behavioral Development Bulletin","volume":"258263 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123288889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analyzing single subject data for showing intervention effectiveness.","authors":"M. Commons, P. Miller, L. S. Miller","doi":"10.1037/H0101380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/H0101380","url":null,"abstract":"Although individual charting can be an effective way to demonstrate progress, it does not allow for comparisons of effectiveness using traditional statistical standards. Due to the increasing need for evidence of effectiveness of interventions it is important that there be a way to compare interventions. In this paper a model of change in behavior along a behavioral-developmental sequence is proposed and assessed, and how it can be used to evaluate interventions is demonstrated. First, an individual’s progress is documented along a behavioral-developmental sequence, using the model of hierarchical complexity (MHC). A behavioral aim can then be selected and behavior can be tracked depending on whether developmental tasks are completed. This paper then lays out a statistical model for combining sections of charts. This model may be generalized to take into account charts of tasks of different difficulties due to stage subtask difficulty and subsubtask difficulty, as well as individual differences and subdomain differences. It can also be generalized to charts of different people’s performances, and to different chart supervisors and programs. This is simply done by adding more independent variables to the model. The implications for using this method to evaluate interventions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":314223,"journal":{"name":"The Behavioral Development Bulletin","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121072928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Sufficiency of Reinforcing Problem Solutions for Transition to the Formal Stage","authors":"M. Commons, M. Davidson","doi":"10.1037/H0101033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/H0101033","url":null,"abstract":"A racially and socioeconomically integrated population of fifth and sixth grade students was repeatedly presented with Formal Stage 11 single cause problems. With problem presentation alone and with problem presentation and feedback, no significant change occurred. The transition to the Formal Stage accelerated significantly across trials for participants whose correct answers were reinforced, supporting the sufficiency of reinforcement, r .77, p .00005. This result adds further support to the claim that reinforcement is sufficient for stage change and better than just practice or feedback in producing stage change.","PeriodicalId":314223,"journal":{"name":"The Behavioral Development Bulletin","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125440380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reinforced Correct Answers to Next Stage Problems Produced the Highest Stage Performance in Traditional Nonliterates Found in the World","authors":"Reema Upadhyaya, Sagun Giri, M. Commons","doi":"10.1037/H0101041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/H0101041","url":null,"abstract":"Thirty-nine nonliterate Nepalese adults were given 2 stage-based isolation-of-variables instruments: the thatched roof problem and laundry problem. The thatched roof problem was very similar to the laundry instrument, just differing in content. The thatched roof task was used as the training instrument and the laundry instrument was used as the transfer task instrument. The participants practiced on the thatched roof instrument. With the transfer task instrument, correct answers were reinforced with money. From the beginning of the measured stage of performance in the transfer instrument, the M stage 9.77 (SD 1.48) increased to M stage 10.72 (SD 1.45) at the end of the transfer task training and testing, t(38) 16.7013, p .00000. This is roughly 1 stage from pretest to posttest. Also, the frequency of people performing at the lower stages (Primary Stage 8 and Concrete Stage 9) decreased at posttest. The frequency of people at the higher stages (Abstract Stage 10 to Metasystematic Stage 13) increased at posttest. This showed that training with reinforcement had a positive effect on increasing stage performance from pretest to posttest. This finding strongly suggests that all testing should include repeated presentation of very similar items and that reinforcement needs to be used for correct answers. Otherwise there is the risk of underestimating what tasks people can successfully complete and what their stage of performance is.","PeriodicalId":314223,"journal":{"name":"The Behavioral Development Bulletin","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116045246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rational, Normative, Descriptive, Prescriptive, or Choice Behavior? The Search for Integrative Metatheory of Decision Making","authors":"Joseph P. McFall","doi":"10.1037/H0101039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/H0101039","url":null,"abstract":"Decision making, integral to everyday behavior, is the subject of thousands of studies each year. Its long history has led to the emergence of several competing models in the cognitive literature. Meanwhile, behaviorist analysts have carefully studied the mechanisms underlying choice behavior, including the value of reinforcement. Criteria for comparing and contrasting competing models of decision making are generated. Cognitive and behavioral perspectives are analyzed and integrated by emphasizing their commonalities in understanding behavior. The benefits of integrating models of decision making for understanding behavioral development are weighed against the challenges of such as endeavor.","PeriodicalId":314223,"journal":{"name":"The Behavioral Development Bulletin","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116702344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cognitive complexity, religious cognition, cognitive development, and religious judgment: An empirical study of relationships amongst “normal” and “gifted” young people","authors":"Maria Toth-Gauthier, J. Day","doi":"10.1037/H0101034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/H0101034","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined whether level of cognitive complexity in religious cognition, using measures rooted in the Model of Hierarchical Complexity, mediates the relationship between level of general cognitive development, and religious judgment, in children and adolescents. The study was conducted with 189 children and adolescents drawn from Catholic schools in France. General cognitive development level was measured using the WISC and WAIS. Level of cognitive complexity in religious cognition was measured using the Religious Cognition Questionnaire: PastorParishioner Scenario (RCQ). Religious judgment levels were measured using the Religious Reflection Questionnaire (RRQ). Results indicate that the relationship between IQ and religious judgment is mediated by level of complexity in religious cognition. The results provide further empirical evidence for the conceptual validity and research utility of the Model of Hierarchical Complexity in the domain of religious cognition, and the power of the concept of complexity in religious cognition for explaining relationships between general cognitive development using IQ measures and other domains where the judgment of social, moral, and philosophical issues are concerned. The results also provide further empirical evidence for the distinctive, and relatively advanced, capacity of gifted young people to think critically about religious and philosophical issues.","PeriodicalId":314223,"journal":{"name":"The Behavioral Development Bulletin","volume":"184 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124911819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}