Small Matter of Proof
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This volume tells personal and scholarly stories about the exemplary career and comprehensive impact of Professor Donald Baer, an internationally renowned behavioral scientist and the intellectual leader of applied behavior analysis. Throughout his distinguished career, Baer taught and modeled an experimental approach to understanding human behavior. His conceptual and scientific contributions impacted diverse fields, including child development, education, language, developmental disabilities, and clinical practice. In this book, his students and colleagues, many of whom are accomplished leaders in their respective fields, provide historical and conceptual accounts of Baer's influence based on their personal experiences of his mentorship. Samples of Baer's eloquence in written and oral discourse capture why he earned the moniker 'the Word Merchant.'
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- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part 1: Standards of Evidence and Proof
- 1. Strategies of Generating Proof in Applied Research
- 2. Visual Analysis of Graphs: Seeing Is Believing
- 3. Social Validity Assessment: Voting on Science or Acknowledging the Roots of Applied Behavior Analysis?
- 4. Science and Its Use and Neglect in the Human Services
- Part 2: Learning and Developmental Concepts
- 5. D. M. Baer's Developmental Psychology: Why wait? Shape it!
- 6. Visionary in the Study of Stimulus Control Processes
- 7. Generalized Imitation: An Empirical and Conceptual Analysis
- 8. Response Classes: Don Baer's Contribution to Understanding Their Structure and Function
- 9. Mediated Generalization: An Unfinished Portrait
- 10. Context and Contextualism: Conceptual Confusion, Contextual Clarification
- Part 3: Applications of Science
- 11. Behavioral Teacher Training Programs
- 12. In Search of the Origins of Positive Behavior Supports: Evolution or Revolution?
- 13. The Baer Necessities: Observation, Measurement, and Analysis
- 14. The Therapeutic Workplace: Applied Behavior Analysis in theTreatment of Drug Dependence
- 15. Mindfulness and Behavior Analysis: An Application of the Writings of D. M. Baer
- Part 4: Mentoring, Teaching, and Advocacy
- 16. Opening the Road to anEnlightened Future
- 17. Recipe for a Department:One Part Baer, One Part Wright, Add Other Ingredients, Stir, and Nurture
- 18. Analysis of Socially Important Behavior: Don Baer's Influence on Teaching
- 19. Generalized Imitation and Generalized Elaboration of a Personal Style of Behavioral Science
- 20. Research Student of Donald M. Baer: Karen S. Budd
- 21. A Genealogy of Applied Behavior Analysis
- 22. A Tribute to Donald Baer: A Children's Advocate in Academic Robes
- Part 5: In His Own Words
- 23. A Conversation with Don Baer
- 24. Thursday Afternoons with Don: Selections from Three Teleconference Seminars on Applied Behavior Analysis
- 25. Advising As If for Research Productivity
- Post Script
- Is it Fair.
- Contributing Authors
