Using computers to teach behavior analysis

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22478228/

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https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF03392718
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0507-8707

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1995

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Shimoff, Eliot, and A. Charles Catania. “Using Computers to Teach Behavior Analysis.” The Behavior Analyst 18, no. 2 (1995): 307–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392718.

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Abstract

When it is impractical to provide behavior analysis students with extensive laboratory experience using real organisms, computers can provide effective demonstrations, simulations, and experiments. Furthermore, such computer programs can establish contingency-shaped behavior even in lecture classes, which usually are limited to establishing rule-governed behavior. We describe the development of computerized shaping simulations and the development of software that teaches students to discriminate among reinforcement schedules on the basis of cumulative records.