Behavioral safety: Meeting the challenge of making a large-scale difference.

Geller, E. Scott

doi:10.1037/h0099927

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“…For example, recent authors in OBM, have cited dramatic contrasts in popularity between traditional I/O psychology programs in comparison to OBM, and have called for expanding the content of the field, to include more traditional psychological topics (Geller, 2002;Hayes, Bunting, Herbst, Barnes-Holmes, & Bond, 2006). In a related fashion, Geller (2001) commented that behavior analysts have not realized Skinner's (1953Skinner's ( , 1971) original dream of large-scale behavior change. While behavior analysts have had some success in applications to relatively complex community, social, and organizational issues, Geller suggests that most are short-lived.…”

Section: The 21 St Century: Creating Demand For the Complex To Simplementioning

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“…However, early applied successes changed the largely "simple to complex" research strategy into a "basic to applied" approach which created a relative void of basic human research (Hake, 1982). Though recent work indicates the empirical void is beginning to fill, the critics still remain (Catania, 2008;Dymond & Critchfield, 2001, 2002Geller, 2001Geller, , 2002Hayes & Berens, 2004;Johnston, 1996). The general consensus among these critics can be interpreted as a concern that the original scientific aims of Skinner (1938) were lost in the applied success of the field (Hayes, 2001).…”

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Human Simulations in Behavior Analysis (1987–2010): Facilitating Research in Complex Human Behavior

Ward

Houmanfar

2011

Behav. Soc. Iss.

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The authors reviewed human empirical studies from 1987-2010 in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB), Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA), Journal of Organizational Behavior Management (JOBM), and Psychological Record (PR). Out of 2286 empirical studies, the authors classified 45 as simulation research, which fell into 4 main categories including organizational, gambling, financial, and other. JOBM contained over half of the simulations, while JEAB contained two. A subsequent citation analysis found that the original simulations informed 15 service-delivery articles, across five journals. In addition, the original articles also informed 35 other behavioral simulations across 19 journals. Simulation research could be ideally placed between theory and application to facilitate empirical research and applications in complex human behavior and the development of an empirically validated, comprehensive, system of behavior analysis.

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Human Simulations in Behavior Analysis (1987–2010): Facilitating Research in Complex Human Behavior

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Houmanfar

2011

Behav. Soc. Iss.

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“…this limitation is reasonable given the focus of The Power of Reinforcement, but a more detailed understanding of significant human behavior change grounded in animallaboratory work would have its advantages. extensions Not only would The Power of Reinforcement be strengthened by addressing the issues raised above, but also it could be extended by discussing other reinforcement applications, including animal training (e.g., Pryor, 1999), behavioral safety (e.g., Geller, 2001), and organizational behavior management (OBM; e.g., Krapfl, 2003). Although including animal training may seem to detract from the goals of The Power of Reinforcement, such inclusion would provide a useful, and interesting, middle ground between animal models and the primary content of The Power of Reinforcement.…”

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The Power of Reinforcement: A Review

Doughty

Shields

2009

Psychol Rec

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Behavioural Safety - Human Factors

Burton

2012

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It is believed by many in the Health and Safety sector that up to 80% of work-related accidents are down to employee behavior or the human factor, in the form of acts or omissions. Such behavior as this can lead to many small-factors coming together to produce a negative outcome or accident. There are many reasons why employees engage in ‘at-risk’ behavior at work including but not limited to: cutting corners to save time, ergonomic factors, accepted practices, reinforcement of at-risk behavior by the actions of supervisors, misunderstanding at-risk behavior and instinctive risk-tasking behavior. The emphasis of the behavior based approach to safety is on employees’ behavior. Through influencing behavior, this system can reduce injury rates. The behavioral based approach to safety is focused exclusively on the observable, measurable behaviors critical to safety at a particular facility. This is a task orientated view of behavior, and it treats safe behavior as a critical work-related skill. It should not be confused with inspections and audits of the workplace for unsafe conditions. Behavioral safety is part of a natural progression of safety management from highly prescriptive approaches, through the engineered or procedural systems which most progressive companies have long since established, to a system which recognizes workers as mature human beings with a genuine interest in their own well-being, who contribute best when they can see that they themselves can have an influence on their own safety. To achieve this transition is to change the culture of the work group involved, so this approach will not provide instantaneous results. Human behavior is often categorized as reflex/automatic, intended and habitual, and this is what we need to change or adapt. This paper will look at best practice and how employers and employees can influence the human factor, by examining how we can reinforce safe behaviors or good habits and removing or reducing unsafe ones. The key to which lies in first indentifying those behaviors which are critical to safety and in subsequent regular observations to monitor them.

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Behavioral safety: Meeting the challenge of making a large-scale difference.

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Human Simulations in Behavior Analysis (1987–2010): Facilitating Research in Complex Human Behavior

Human Simulations in Behavior Analysis (1987–2010): Facilitating Research in Complex Human Behavior

The Power of Reinforcement: A Review

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