A case study in the misrepresentation of applied behavior analysis in autism: The gernsbacher lectures

Morris, Edward K.

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“…In fact, his book was a 2006 NAPPA Gold Award Winner (i.e., National Parenting Publications Awards). Thus, the fact that Kohn can provide such an account seems to be another failure for behavior analysts in the marketing of our views to the general public (e.g., Eisenberger & Cameron, 1996;Morris, 2009).…”

Section: Unconditional Parenting: Rectifying the Problemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Marketing Behavior Analysis Requires (Really) Different Talk: A Critique of Kohn (2005) and a(Nother) call to Arms

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Behavior analysis has a lengthy history of misrepresentation by both academic and popular-press authors, and several suggestions have been offered regarding how best to market behavior analysis. Although behavior analysts have made some advances in such marketing, significant obstacles remain. One obstacle is Kohn's (2005) book, Unconditional Parenting, which argues against adopting a behavioral approach to parenting. A related obstacle is that there have not been any behavior-analytic replies to Kohn, nor have there been any objections to Kohn by non-behavioral authors. These latter points are disappointing given the nature of Kohn's inaccurate statements (e.g., that the behavioral approach entails that parental love is made contingent on appropriate child behavior). This paper provides a critique of Kohn by noting his misrepresentations of behavior analysis and discussing their potential sources. This paper also discusses the marketing of behavior analysis in the context of Kohn. Despite his attacks against behavior analysis, we describe how Kohn's general views on parenting actually could be strengthened by considering an accurate description of behavior-analytic principles and philosophy. By providing such a description, we hope to improve future characterizations of behavior analysis by non-behavioral authors. That is, in addition to discussing other marketing techniques, we emphasize the need for behavior analysts to engage the interests and passions of popular-press authors, but with considerable attention given to our language.

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Section: Unconditional Parenting: Rectifying the Problemsmentioning

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“…Historically, the field of behavior analysis has been misunderstood and misrepresented, both in and outside academics (e.g., Morris, 2009;Todd & Morris, 1983, 1992. It generally is agreed that behavior analysis has an "image" problem (e.g., Reitman, 1998) and is in dire need of more effective marketing (e.g., Bailey, 1991).…”

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“…We are confident that EIBI based on the principles and procedures of behavior analysis works. We still have a lot of refining to do with regard to the most efficacious aspects of EIBI, and we still have not identified all of the moderators of the effects of EIBI (Herbert, Sharp, & Gaudiano, 2002;Rogers & Vismara, 2008;Smith et al, 2006), but the intervention improves the developmental trajectories of those who receive it (Campbell, 2003;Cohen, Amerine-Dickens, & Smith, 2006;Eldevik, Eikeseth, Jahr, & Smith, 2006;Helt et al, 2008;Howard, Sparkman, Cohen, Green, & Stanislaw, 2005;Lovaas, 1987;Morris, 2009, National Institute of Mental Health, 2007Odom et al, 2003;Smith, Groen, & Wynn, 2000). We know much less, however, about the acceptability of various components of EIBI to the children experiencing them (e.g., most-to-least or least-to-most prompting, amount and pace of prompting, amount of teacher directedness during instruction, types of error correction procedures, highly structured versus more naturalistic instructional conditions, types of motivational systems).…”

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Toward Effective and Preferred Programming: A Case for the Objective Measurement of Social Validity with Recipients of Behavior-Change Programs

Hanley

2010

Behav Analysis Practice

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The adoption of effective behavioral interventions and teaching strategies for young children is largely influenced by the extent to which stakeholders find the procedures appropriate and the effects important. Stakeholder values have been described by measures of social validity in applied behavior analysis, and these measures have been a part of behavior-analytic research and practice since their important characteristics were described in the late 1970s. The typically subjective nature of the social validation process appears, however, to have marginalized children and other usual recipients of behavior-change procedures (i.e., individuals with autism or intellectual disabilities) from social validation processes. Therefore, the importance of including recipients of behavior-change procedures in the social validation process and methods for doing so are described in this paper. Keywords: Autism, choice, concurrent chains, intellectual disability, preference, recipient inclusion, social validity ABSTRACT T

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“…Moreover, none of the interventions presented are done so in an objective manner with sufficient resources for parents to investigate and make up their own minds. As Morris (2009) eloquently noted in a recent article, any misrepresentations regarding autism related services, treatments, or research can have lasting detrimental effects on the intended audience.…”

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Julia Moor: Playing, Laughing and Learning with Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Practical Resource of Play Ideas for Parents and Carers (Second Edition)

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2009

J Autism Dev Disord

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A case study in the misrepresentation of applied behavior analysis in autism: The gernsbacher lectures

Cited by 37 publications

References 165 publications

Marketing Behavior Analysis Requires (Really) Different Talk: A Critique of Kohn (2005) and a(Nother) call to Arms

Marketing Behavior Analysis Requires (Really) Different Talk: A Critique of Kohn (2005) and a(Nother) call to Arms

Toward Effective and Preferred Programming: A Case for the Objective Measurement of Social Validity with Recipients of Behavior-Change Programs

Julia Moor: Playing, Laughing and Learning with Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Practical Resource of Play Ideas for Parents and Carers (Second Edition)

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