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

“…(p. 57) Few of us likely violate APA's standards for competence, but we may sometimes engage in the activities Nagy describes: We may overgeneralize and simplify our views, both in criticism and advocacy, on a variety of topics in a variety of venues. How much harm this causes is difficult to judge, but when misrepresentations occur, our colleagues are often quick to point them out (e.g., see Catania, 1991, on Mahoney, 1989Morris, 1993, on Meyer & Evans, 1993Wolf, 1991, on Proctor & Weeks, 1990see Todd & Morris, 1992 (Moher, Schultz, & Altman, 2001, p. 1191. Ethical practices include the ''precise reporting of the interventions intended for each group'' (p. 1192).…”