ISB 1998 Convention Program

Presidential Address: The structure of the reflex and the concept of volition.
Carl D. Cheney
Utah State University
Radical behaviorism vs. pragmatism
Jerome D. Ulman
Ball State University
The reflected "self": Are pigeons really "self-aware?"
Claudia D. Cardinal, Robert W. Allan, David Barnes, and James S. DeLabar
Jacksonville State University and Lafayette College

Do work requirements for a reinforcer affect its "value"?
Karen Mahon and Julie S. Vargas
West Virginia University
The effect of high rate and low rate schedules on reinforcer preference in humans.
Eric M. Messick
West Virginia University
Sensitivity of autoshaped key pecking to a setback contingency under long and short cycle conditions.
Robert W. Allan and Claudia D. Cardinal
Lafayette College and Jacksonville State University

The analysis of behavior: A program for self-instruction as a behavior analytic training tool via the Internet.
Stephen C. Scherer
West Virginia University

Non-restricted operant prompting in the instructional setting.
E. A. Vargas
Vargas & Associates
Second-order schedules and verbal behavior.
Nyla Lamm and Irfa Karmali
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons & Babies Prep School, Inc.,
and Columbia University Teachers College and Babies Prep School, Inc.
Research in verbal behavior: Past and possibilities.
Janet S. Twyman, Catherine Sales, and Douglas R. Greer
Fred S. Keller School and Columbia University Teachers College

Behaviorological analysis and evaluation of functional controls over verbal behavior during persuasive argument.
Barbara Fallon
West Virginia University
Timing and establishing consequences as a means of creating positive behavioral momentum.
Glenn Latham
Utah State University
The behavioral engineering realities of intentional communities.
Kathleen Kinkade
Twin Oaks Community

Poster session (4 - 6 p.m.)

Friday, March 20, 1998

Morning

A proposal for creating and transferring behavioral technologies.
Henry S. Pennypacker
University of Florida
A behaviorological perspective for competent systems in human services.
Robert Crow
Human Development Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center
Student preparation during distance learning: A revisitation of PSI issues.
Kevin Murdock, Darrel E. Bostow, and Sean Harrigan
University of South Florida

Afternoon

Developing fluency in behavioral terminology with THINK FAST.
William M. Beneke
Lincoln University
Isolation of the contribution of answer construction and correction, using a quasi-programmed form of
Skinner's Beyond Freedom and Dignity manuscript.
Sean Harrigan, Darrel E. Bostow, and Kevin Murdock
University of South Florida
Skinner Memorial Address: Applied behavior analysis: Back to basics.
Murray Sidman
New England Center for Children

Evening

The ISB Banquet
T. Cunliffe Barnes Award, et cetera

Saturday, March 21, 1998

Executive and business meeting