Hello all, I am writing because I am developing a new special interest group at ABA:I. The group is on "Behavioral Pharacology, Behavioral Toxicology,...
Hi JT, I am not really sure there is a disagreement here. Let's see. I agree that when a non verbal organism responds to a relation, formal properties of...
In view of the relationship of Context Press and New Harbinger to the CBS community I thought some folk might be interested in the attached. Context Press will...
Steven Hayes
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May 7, 2009 6:44 pm
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... From: ABA International <Convention@...> Subject: RE: One more SIG information for meeting To: jcautilli2003@... Date: Monday, May...
Hi All, I wanted to let everyone know that the Association for Behavior Analysis International is soliciting its members to find instructors to teach classes...
Hello, I am wondering what work if any has been done to explore ways in which neural networks might model RFT processes, specifically mutual and combinatorial...
We had our first meeting of the behavior analysis and Robtic's SIG at ABA:I on the 23rd. It was a great meeting with lots of areas covered (for such a small...
Just a little head's up So far we have over 300 registrants for WorldCon (about 450 unique registrations if you also count folks would will just attend...
Steven Hayes
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May 27, 2009 7:36 pm
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Demot had one years and years ago showing that bidirectional training was needed for an AI program to get equivalence Not sure if or where it published I will...
Steven Hayes
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May 27, 2009 9:10 pm
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This would be great to know...I often get questions. Joe...
Hello all, The Robotics SIG was approved. If you are interested in joining our e-mail group please go to here. The details on behavioranalysisandrobotics: ...
Hello all, curious of rft work on phobic responses. About to enter into a referral presenting with a dog phobia...child about 6 yrs of age; with history of...
Some folks have asked about my invited address at ABA. It is up at http://www.contextualpsychology.org/steve_hayes For those who attended ABA: what were your...
Steven Hayes
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Jun 2, 2009 5:43 pm
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I remember that in my first two or three ABAs 2003-2005, RFT was still controversial. I remember a particularly memorable panel Steve did with Jose Burgos and...
Jonathan Weinstein
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Jun 2, 2009 6:18 pm
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I agree with Jonathan that RFT seems to be accepted as " a part of the family". At the same time I was surprised at the ignorence regarding RFT even with...
Hi Y'all, autoclitic #1: Steve (& Kelly & DJ and well, everyone) - I hope as you read this that you know that I truly, truly care about YOU and this work. ...
Hi Kate and all, As a lonely RFT researcher among a few mainstream BA in French universities, I am very sensitive to what you said. My experience in teaching...
Hi all, Well said, Kate et Matthieu. I too have been hestitant about weighing-in on this, wondering if it's just my grumpy old perspective getting in the way...
Hi list, Ran across a fantastic site this morning with plenty of classics from the history of psychology. If you too are a history geek, check it out:...
Although I remain committed to ABA, I am not certain that winning hearts and minds at ABA is a necessary first step to winning hearts and minds in the...
Kelly Wilson
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Jun 5, 2009 11:50 am
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... on the other hand, I've never been to ABA.... partly it's fear (imagine me among all these super-behaviorist... they'll surely find out)... partly its $$$...
Kelly, I do agree that convincing ABA community is not necessarily the key to spread ACT-RFT. However, I think talking to BA audiences constitutes a specific...
Hi all, I'm finalyzing the preparation of a talk for Holland in which we will discuss about ACT-RFT in non english speaking countries. I would like to present...
Still reading through the RFT book with some friends, and came across this on page 89: "There are two senses in which the nonarbitrary environment can become ...
Going back to Steve's asking us to 'Discuss' our impressions of the status of the RFT/ ACT work in mainstream behavior analysis, I've thought of a few things. ...
A nonverbal Crel is just an SD for a relational operant. A verbal Crel has SD like functions but it is not an SD. You could call it a verbal or relational SD...
Steven Hayes
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Jun 9, 2009 8:04 pm
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Yeah Maarten, there’s some stuff in there that makes sense. When my supervisees ask my why some BA folks don’t accept the RFT materials, I talk a bit about...
Hi D. J,, I think there is a lot of interest in RFT, especially by the younger generation of behavior analysts. Some of the resistance is, like you said, part...
Very helpful would be one example each of the following: Non-verbal non-relational SD (to compare with the below) Non-verbal SD for a relational operant...
Hello to all! I've been thinking of my experiences at ABAI over the last couple of years and have come to the conclusion that we are making very good progress...