Applied behavior analysis

Baer, R., Effects of caffeine on classroom behavior, sustained attention, and a memory task in preschool childern. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 20(3), 225-234, 1987. 

Jacobs, H. E., J. S. Bailey, et al. (1984). Development and analysis of a community-based resource recovery program./oumaZ of Applied Behavior Analysis 17 127-145. Granzin, K. L., and E. J. Olsen (1991). Characterizing participants in sctivities protecting the environment. Journal cf Public Policy h- Marketing 10 1-27. 

Obviously, worker-focused behavior-based safety puts the spotlight on the worker and worker behavior. References in the relevant literature to the work of B. F. Skinner, the father of applied behavior analysis, on how to go about improving worker behavior are frequent. 

In Stricoff s extension, there are four columns captioned Statement, BST, Narrow Applied Behavior Analysis Advocates, and Condition/Acts... 

Behavior-based Safety The use of applied behavior analysis methods to achieve continuous improvement in safety performance (Krause, 1997, p. 3). See additional definitions in this chapter. 

Behavioral approaches are based on years of research in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis. Geller (2001, p. 21) notes, Behaviorism has effectively solved environmental, safety, and health problems in organizations and communities first, define the problem in terms of relevant observable behavior, then design and implement an intervention process to decrease behaviors causing the problem and/or increase behaviors that can alleviate the problem. The behavior-based approach is reflected in research and scholarship.. . . ... 

Upper, D. (1974), "The unsuccesshil self-treatment of a case of writer s blod " Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 7 (3), 497. 

Komaki, J., Waddell, W.M. and Pearce, M.G. (1977) The applied behavior analysis approach and individual employees improving performance in two small businesses. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 19 337-35Z... 

Fox, D.K., Hopkins, B.L., and Anger, W.K. 1987. The long-term effects of a token economy on safety performance in open pit mining. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 20, 215-224. 

Alvero, A. M., and Austin, J. (in press). The Observer Effect The Effects of Conducting Behavioral Observations on the Behavior of the Observer. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 

Alavosius, M. S., and Sulzer-Azaroff, B. (1986). The Effects of Performance Feedback on the Safety of Client Lifting and Transfer. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 19, 261-267. 

Geller, E. S., and Lehman, G. R. (1991). The Buckle-up Promise Card A Versatile Intervention for Large-Scale Behavior Change. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24, 91-94. 

Hopkins, B. L., Conrad R. J., Dangle, R. F., Fitch, H. G., Smith, M. L, and Anger, W. K. (1986a). Behavioral Technology for Reducing Occupational Exposures to Styrene. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 19, 3-11. 

Greene, B.F., R.A. Winett, R. Van Houten, E.S. Geller, and B.A. Iwata, editors. 1987. Behavior Analysis in the Community Readings from the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Lawrence, KS Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 

Geller, E. S., Environmental psychology and applied behavior analysis from strange bedfellows to a productive marriage, in Handbook of Environmental Psychology, Vol. I, Stokols, D. and Altman, L, Eds., John Wiley Sons, New York, 1987. 

Geller, E. S. and Easley, A. T., Applied behavior analysis in the college classroom Some ideas for educators, in The Art of Teaching Seven Perspectives, Bishop, L., Ed., The Academy of Teaching Excellence, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 1986. 

Kramer, K. D. and Geller, E. S., Community dental health promotion for children integrating applied behavior analysis and public health, Educ. Treat. Child., 10, 58,1987. 

Geller, E. S., CasaU, J. G., and Johnson, R. P, Seat-belt usage a potential target for applied behavior analysis,/. Appl. Behav. Anal., 13,94,1980. 

As I explained in Chapter 8, a key principle of applied behavior analysis is that behavior is motivated by its consequences. In other words, our behavior results in favorable or unfavorable consequences, and these consequences determine our future behavior. Sometimes naturally occurring consequences work against us. This is especially true in safety because safe behavior is usually less comfortable, convenient, or efficient than the at-risk alternative. 

Cone and Hayes (1980), Glenwick and Jason (1980, 1993), Geller et al. (1982), and most research articles published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis from 1968 until the present (for example, Greene et al., 1987). 

Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., and Risley, T., Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis,... 

Geller, E. S., Applied behavior analysis and social marketing an integration for environmental... 

Dr. Geller is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the World Academy of Productivity and Quality Sciences. He is past editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (1989-1992), current associate editor of Environment and Behavior (since 1982), and current consulting editor for Behavior and Social Issues, the Behavior Analyst Digest, the Journal cf Organizational Behavior Management, and the Interrmtional Journal of Behavioral Safety. 

In 1980, Thomas Krause and his associates began the application of applied behavioral analysis to industrial safety. Applied behavioral analysis is the application of the behavior principles of B. F. Skinner to practical situations, such as psychotherapy. Initially, Kranse s work involved systematically observing behavior in the workplace with the objective of improving safety performance. 

J.S. Chhokar and J. A. Wallins, Improving safety through applied behavior analysis. Journal of Safety Research, 1984, 15, 141-151 (in selection)... 

The success of applied behavior analysis in organizational settings, combined with the importance of the human element in occupational safety, suggests the use of applied behavior analysis in safety. Such an approach has been proposed for increasing the frequency of safe behaviors and decreasing the frequency of unsafe behaviors.. .. 

Applied behavior analysis, by identifying and stressing positive and safe behaviors, avoids this inadvertent reinforcement of unsafe behaviors. 

A measure based on direct observation and recording of specifically identified behaviors has been recommended as a sensitive and reliable indicator of an organization s safety performance.. .. The use of applied behavior analysis in the observation and measurement of such behaviors provides not only an appropriate measure of the safety level in an organization but also helps in... 

This study was designed to investigate the effects of an applied behavior analysis program in a field setting. The hypotheses of interest were ... 

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