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...
Hi Tony - my understanding of those terms through examples-- Non-verbal non-relational SD (to compare with the below) EG Consider a pigeon who has definitely...
Stewart, Ian
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Jun 10, 2009 12:53 pm
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In my example there earlier with the pigeon I confused things a bit at one stage by referring to lever pressing rather than pecking. I've replaced lever...
Stewart, Ian
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Jun 10, 2009 5:40 pm
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Thanks Ian. I am writing a more involved response to your really helpful email. But, since you mentioned lever pressing: let's say the pigeon has been trained...
This is really helpful, Ian. I am giving a precis to check my understanding: On 10 Jun 2009, at 13:52, Stewart, Ian wrote: Non-verbal non-relational SD A...
Oops. Instead of Non-verbal non-relational SD A stimulus (e.g. a red disc) established as a cue for the availability of reinforcement to a pigeon for pecking,...
Hi Tony My replies are below - Best Ian ________________________________ From: Tony Balazs [mailto:tony@...] Sent: 11 June 2009 07:18 To: Stewart, Ian...
Stewart, Ian
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Jun 11, 2009 11:13 am
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I would emphasize context more. It is not that when people have a repertoire that then words have meaning. That idea both goes too far and does not go far...
Steven Hayes
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Jun 11, 2009 1:45 pm
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Dear all, With apologies if this post isn't entirely appropriate to this list. Healthy Skepticism (HS) http://www.healthyskepticism.org/ is an organisation...
Hi Steve, Tony In the earlier example I gave Tony I used an example of a child who had just about begun to respond in accordance with generalized ...
Stewart, Ian
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Jun 11, 2009 5:22 pm
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Right And then add in that you can have mixed sources of control. So thing can be to a degree verbal (relational). The stick figure on the men's room is an...
Steven Hayes
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Jun 11, 2009 5:49 pm
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The final World Conference III program is available here: http://www.contextualpsychology.org/wc3_program and it is attached to this listserv post. (If you...