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. 1987 Winter;20(4):313–327. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1987.20-313

Some still-current dimensions of applied behavior analysis

Donald M Baer 1,2, Montrose M Wolf 1,2, Todd R Risley 1,2
PMCID: PMC1286071  PMID: 16795703

Abstract

Twenty years ago, an anthropological note described the current dimensions of applied behavior analysis as it was prescribed and practiced in 1968: It was, or ought to become, applied, behavioral, analytic, technological, conceptual, effective, and capable of appropriately generalized outcomes. A similar anthropological note today finds the same dimensions still prescriptive, and to an increasing extent, descriptive. Several new tactics have become evident, however, some in the realm of conceptual analysis, some in the sociological status of the discipline, and some in its understanding of the necessary systemic nature of any applied discipline that is to operate in the domain of important human behaviors.

Keywords: application, dissemination, technology, terminology, history

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