Behaviour Analysis and Learning

Sub-categories

A Glossary of Terms Used in the Science of Behavior

This site provides definitions to many terms common to the field of behaviourism.

ABA Resources for Recovery from Autism/PDD/Hyperlexia

Father of a boy recovering from autism has assembled an impressive list of behaviour-analysis resources.

Animal Perception Links

This site provides links to a number of articles concerning animal perception.

B.F. Skinner Foundation

Site is dedicated to educating people about B.F. Skinner's contributions to psychology. It includes a brief overview of operant conditioning, a self instructional program about the analysis of behaviour, and a list of Skinner's publications.

Behavior Analysis Home Page at the University of South Florida

Includes a resources list, graduate program links, and an e-mail directory.

Behavior Analysis and Therapy Program

Describes this program based at the Rehabilitation Institute of Southern Illinois University.

Behaviorism

Site describes what behaviorism is and discusses the reasons for and against becoming a behaviorist.

Behaviorism Tutorial

Tutorial written by Professor Jay Moore teaches the distinction between methodological and radical behaviourism.

Behaviorists for Social Responsibility

Special-interest group of the Association for Behavior Analysis seeks to promote social justice and human rights.

Behaviour, Motivation, and Self-Control

Site provides information about learning, motivation, managing difficult behaviours, and controlling unwanted behaviours.

Behaviourism: The Early Years

Article provides a history of the development of behaviourism.

Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies

Organization seeks to promote the application of behaviour analysis to education and other fields.

Celeration Technologies

Dr. Joseph Parsons' company uses this page to market ThinkFast, fluency-building software (DOS or Windows) for use in precision-teaching applications; contains a downloadable demo, an excellent discussion of the foundations of the fluency-building approach and a very good glossary of terms that will aid the uninitiated in understanding the vocabulary of precision teaching.

Center for Autism and Related Disorders

Center applies Lovaas' techniques to autistic children; has a brief section defining behaviour modification.

Continuous Learning Group

Consulting company applies behaviour-analysis principles to business.

Conversations with Neil's Brain

A web book about "the neural nature of thought and learning.".

Early Learning Resources

List of links, books, and other materials for teaching 3-6 year olds to read, do math, tell time, etc.

Ellen Reese

Photograph of former ABA president and eminent behaviour analyst Ellen Reese in front Mount Holyoke's Psychology and Education building named in her honour.

Enge and Associates

Steve Enge and his colleagues provide management consulting and computer software with a behaviour-analysis orientation.

Glossary of Terms for the Experimental Analysis of Behaviour

This site has the definitions of terms that appear frequently in behaviour analysis.

Jacob Robert Kantor

A bibliography of the work of J.R. Kantor includes links to sources for Kantor's books and many online articles.

John Broadus Watson and Psychology From the Standpoint of a Behaviorist

This article discusses the life of John Watson and the impact his theories had in the development of psychology.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

JABA is the leading journal in behaviour analysis for applied research.

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

JEAB is the leading journal in behaviour analysis for basic research.

Los Horcones

Wonderful home page of the Mexican commune that is based on behavioral principles; extensive pages, in both Spanish and English, include many photos, and interesting descriptions of life at the commune, and thoughtful philosophical reflections.

Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology

This article is about Ebbinghaus' famous experiment about memory and learning.

New York State Association for Behavior Analysis

State association includes an online newsletter.

Northwestern Association for Behavior Analysis

This active regional association has an annual conference and a well-constructed web site.

Organizational Behavior Management Network

The Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) Network exists to support the growth and vitality of Organizational Behavior Management. The site contains articles and information on the science of applying behavior analysis to business to improve organizational performance and safety.

Personalized System of Instruction (PSI)

Site provides information about PSI including its characteristics, history, and contemporary developments.

Personalized System of Instruction: Behavior Modification in Education

Dr. Howard Gallup describes his extensive experience in using PSI.

Precision Teaching Module

This Athabasca University Tutorial describes the fundamental provides instruction in the fundamental concepts of precision teaching.

Psychological Self-Help - Methods for Changing Behavior

Psychological Self-Help is an online book concerned with the nature and practical use of psychological self-help methods; Chapter 11, linked here, covers several behaviour change methods, including antecedent and consequent techniques.

Siegfried Engelmann and Direct Instruction

Athabasca University tutorial teaches the basic concepts of direct instruction

Society for Quantitative Analyses of Behavior (SQAB)

Society focuses on the mathematical analysis of behavioural data.

Southeastern Behavior Analysis Center

Describes staff, labs and behaviour analysis research underway at Jacksonville State University.

Systematic Desensitization

Site provides a guide to self-administer systematic desensitization.

The Bertrand Russell Society

Russell was a seminal influence in the development of Skinner's thought and continues as a useful source of ideas and challenges for contemporary behaviour analysts.

The International Behaviorology Association

Group seeks to institute behaviourology as a scientific discipline.

The May Institute

The May Institute is one of the largest provides of Applied Behaviour Analysis services in North America.

The Misbehavior of Organisms

Article discusses the Brelands' experiences with instinctive drift.

The Roles of Perception and Cognition in Controlling the Mobility Task

This article describes the mobility task, the capabilities of the perceptual system, and the uses of spatial information and landmarks.

Theoretical Roots of Early Behaviorism

Article discusses "functionalism, the critique of introspection, and the nature and evolution of consciousness."

Theory Into Practice (TIP)

This site provides summaries of numerous theories found in behaviourism, cognition, and educational psychology.

W. S. Verplanck

Professor Verplanck's home page is an exemplary academic home page; includes a fascinating biography, a bibliography, online papers, and descriptions of interesting work in progress.

Walden U: First report of a behaviorally-based college

Dr. Bruce Thyer describes the founding of Walden U, a college where behaviour-analysis principles are applied to education.

What is Behavior Analysis?

This site introduces behavior analysis.

Classical and Operant Conditioning

Choice and Strict Matching

This article discusses the matching law, the law of effect, choice, Herrnstein's law, and generalized matching.

Classical Conditioning Demonstration

This site has set up a classical conditioning experiment that lets you manipulate the variables to condition a dog.

Complex Schedules

This site discusses multiple, mixed, chained, tandem, concurrent, and second-order schedules.

Important Scientists in the Early Development of Comparative Cognition

This site provides information about Darwin, Romanes, Morgan, Thorndike, Pavlov, Kohler, Lorenz, Skinner, and the theories they developed.

Killology

Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman insightfully analyzes the way in which children in modern society are conditioned to kill in much the same way that soldiers are trained. Grossman makes use of the conditioning literature as well as military research to make his incisive points.

Learned Helplessness

This article discusses Seligman's experiments about learned helplessness in dogs and how he applied the results to depression in humans.

Learning and Memory

Site provides information about classical conditioning, operant conditioning, learning, neural networks, and more.

Learning by Observation

Site provides videos of a chimpanzee learning by observation.

Operant Conditioning

Site provides an online demonstration which lets you train a fuzzy creature to run or dance by using reinforcement and punishment.

Operant Conditioning

Site describes various features of operant conditioning such as schedules of reinforcement, matching, extinction, and stimulus discrimination.

Operant Conditioning and Behaviorism--an Historical Outline

This article outlines the major events that have occurred during the development of operant conditioning and behaviorism.

Positive Reinforcement Tutorial

Athabasca University tutorial teaches the behaviour-analysis concept of positive reinforcement.

Rescorla Wagner Model

Site describes the various aspects of the Rescorla Wagner equation and the concepts behind the model.

Simple Schedules and Feedback Functions

This site discusses fixed ratio, variable ratio, variable interval, and fixed interval schedules.

The Adaptive Mind

This site has modules and demonstrations about operant conditioning and learning by observation.

The Behavioural System

Site provides information about contiguity, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning.

ePsych

Site provides a number of unique tutorials and demonstrations that focus on various functions of the brain including sensation and perception, cognition, transmission of neural impulses, and learning.

ePsychlopedia

Site provides 10 different tutorials covering the topics of brain and behavior, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, motivation and emotion, cognition, intelligence, personality, and social psychology.