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. 2023 Dec 7;17(2):615–625. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00889-8

Table 6.

Frequently Assigned Required Supplementary Readings within VCS Programs

Number of Respondents (N = 19) % Reference
11 57.8 Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., & Risley, T. R. (1968). Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1(1), 91–97.
4 21.0 Delprato, D. J., & Midgley, B. D. (1992). Some fundamentals of B. F. Skinner's behaviorism. American Psychologist, 47(11), 1507–1520.
Skinner, B. F. (1984). Selection by consequences. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 7(4), 477–481.
3 15.7 Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., & Risley, T. R. (1987). Some still-current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 20(4), 313–327
Moore, J. (2011). Behaviorism. The Psychological Record, 61(3), 449–463.
Schlinger, H. D., Jr. (2017). The importance of analysis in applied behavior analysis. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 17(4), 334–346.
Skinner, B. F. (1953). Science and human behavior. Appleton-Century-Crofts.
Skinner, B. F. (1966). What is the experimental analysis of behavior? Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 9(3), 213–218.
Skinner, B. F. (1977). Why I am not a cognitive psychologist. Behaviorism, 5(2), 1–10.
Skinner, B. F. (1984). The operational analysis of psychological terms. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 7(4), 547–553.
Tourinho, E. Z. (2006). Private stimuli, covert responses, and private events: Conceptual remarks. The Behavior Analyst, 29(1), 13–31.
2 10.5 Fryling, M. J. (2013). Theory, philosophy, and the practice of applied behavior analysis. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 14(1), 45–54.
Kimball, J. W. (2002). Behavior-analytic instruction for children with autism: Philosophy matters. Focus on Autism & Other Developmental Disabilities, 17(2), 66–75.
Moore, J. (2013). Three views of behaviorism. The Psychological Record, 63(3), 681–691.
Moore, J. (2003). Behavior analysis, mentalism, and the path to social justice. The Behavior Analyst, 26(2), 181–193.
Moxley, R. A. (2004). Pragmatic selectionism: The philosophy of behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst Today, 5(1), 108–125.
Normand, M. P. (2008). Science, skepticism, and applied behavior analysis. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 1(2), 42–49.
Palmer, D. C. (1991). A behavioral interpretation of memory. In L. J. Hayes & P. N. Chase (Eds.), Dialogues on verbal behavior (pp. 261–279). Context Press.
Skinner, B. F. (1990). Can psychology be a science of mind? American Psychologist, 45(11), 1206.
Skinner, B. F. (1956). A case history in scientific method. American Psychologist, 11(5), 221–233.
Skinner, B. F. (1963). Behaviorism at fifty. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 7(4), 615–621.
Todd, J. T., & Morris, E. K. (1992). Case histories in the great power of steady misrepresentation. American Psychologist, 47(11), 1441–1453.

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