In B.F. Skinner's "Verbal Behavior," Chapter 5 focuses on tacts, which are a type of verbal behavior where an individual labels or...

Time delay procedures are a valuable instructional technique in education and behavioral intervention to promote independent learning and...

Nine Questions to Ask When Prioritizing Behaviors You are placed with a new client with multiple maladaptive behaviors. Where do you...

There is one key defining difference between a mentorship and a supervisory relationship, the most salient being that a successful...

Relational Frame Theory (RFT) attempts to explain how human language and cognition develop by relating concepts to each other through three

“Feedback and positive reinforcement form the most powerful combination of techniques you can use to bring out the best in people”-...

By Trudy E. Georgio, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA Why is variability important? The operant nature of variability has important implications....

In my previous blog post “How I used Data to Study for the Exam – What to Study?”, I talked about how I used data to determine what to...

In Selection by Consequences, Skinner (1981) explains human behavior as a joint product of three levels of selection: 1. Natural...

By Trudy E. Georgio, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA Stop Fingernail Picking? How do I do that? Habit Reversal! Confession: I am a picker. A fingernail...

By Trudy E. Georgio, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA The use of punishment procedures in the field of applied behavior analysis is controversial....

Reinforcer Assessments What is the difference between a preference assessment and a reinforcer assessment? Choice versus function; Only...

By Trudy E. Georgio, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA When training for maintenance of behavior change it is imperative that we program to maximize...

Ask yourself R-Gen or S-Gen? By Trudy E. Georgio, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA In Skinner’s selection by consequences he discusses that for selection...

What is stimulus salience (besides something fun to say)? Let's take a step back and talk about stimulus control. Stimulus control is...

Research suggests that active recall is an effective study strategy; here's how to incorporate active recall methods into studying!

The study of derived stimulus relations from a behavior analytic account has enriched the understanding of human language and cognition...