The fuzzy outline of an operant

Mickey Keenan

doi:10.1007/s40614-017-0097-6

The fuzzy outline of an operant

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Original language	English
Journal	Behavior Analyst
Volume	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-017-0097-6
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 27 Mar 2017

Bibliographical note

Reference text: Baer, D.M., Wolf, M.M., & Risley, T.R. (1968). Some current dimensions of
applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1, 91-97.
doi:10.1901/jaba.1968.1-91

Batts, B. & Crawford, L. L. (1991). Problematic progress: A review of Laudan’s
Progress and its problems and science and values. Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior, 55, 337-349.

Cartwright A, Roche, B., Gogarty, M., O’Reilly, A, & Stewart, I. (2106). Using a
Modified Function Acquisition Speed Test (FAST) for Assessing Implicit Gender
Stereotypes. The Psychological Record, 66, pp 223–233.

Chritchfield, T.S. & Reed, D. D. (2017). The fuzzy concept of applied
behavior analysis research. The Behavior Analyst, in press.

Dillenburger, K. & Keenan, M. (2001). Bereavement: A behavioural process.
European Journal of Behaviour Analysis, 2, 129-138. First published in Irish
Journal of Psychology, 1994, 15, 524-539. Reprinted with peer
commentaries.

Ferster, C. B. (1978). Is operant conditioning getting bored with behavior? Journal
of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 29, 347-349.

Keenan, M. (2016). ABA and the nail that sticks out. ABA – klinec, ktorý vytŕča….
ŠPECIÁLNY PEDAGÓG, Časopis pre špeciálnopedagogickú teóriu a prax, 5.
ročník, 2016, č. 1. p. 3-14 (Slovakian Journal of Special Education). Retrieved
March 12, 2017, http://docplayer.net/36812919-Specialny-pedagog-casopis-prespecialnopedagogicku-
teoriu-a-prax-rocnik-5.html.

Keenan, M., & Toal, L. (1991). Periodic reinforcement and secondorder
schedules. The Psychological Record, 41, 87-115.

Keenan, M. Dillenburger, K., Moderato, P., & Röttgers, H-R. (2010). Science
for sale in a free market economy: But at what price? ABA and the treatment
of autism in Europe. Behavior and Social Issues, 19, 124-141.

Keenan, M. & Dillenburger, K. Röttgers, H-R., Dounavi, K., Jónsdóttir, S.L.,
Moderato, P., Schenk, J.A.M., Virués-Ortega, J., Roll-Pettersson, L. (2014).
Autism and ABA: The gulf between North America and Europe. Review
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2, 167-183.

Research Autism (2017). Applied behavior analysis and autism. Retrieved March 1,
2017, http://researchautism.net/autism-interventions/our-evaluationsinterventions/
120/applied-behaviour-analysis-and-autism.

Watt, A. A., Keenan, M., Barnes, D., & Cairns, E. (1991). Social
categorisation and stimulus equivalence. The Psychological Record, 41, 33-
50.

Zeiler, M. D. (1984). The sleeping giant. Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior, 42, 485-493.

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