TIBA IX Program - Plymouth, MA

B.F. Skinner Memorial Address

At this year's convention, TIBA was pleased to feature Dr. Gerald Holton as the B. F. Skinner Memorial Speaker. Dr. Holton, however, was unable to attend the conference due to illness.

Dr. Holton is an historian of science familiar with Skinner and with Skinner's work. He is the author of over a dozen books, among which are Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought (1988, Harvard University Press) and the newly published Einstein, History, and other Passions (1996, Addison Wesley). His address will be "Skinner, Bridgman, and Harvard's Lost Years."

Special InvitedAddress

Dr. Murray Sidman is known for his classic research book, Tactics of Scientific Research , (1960/1988, Authors Cooperative, Inc.) and for pioneering the work in equivalence relations. His recent book Equivalence Relations and Behavior: A Research Story (1994, Authors Cooperative, Inc.), describes that work. Dr. Sidman's address will be "Some Thoughts about Theory and Models."

The Program

Thursday March 20, 1997

Biology, Ethology, and Behaviorology
Carl D. Cbeney
Utah State University Logan, Utah

The Multielement Design Strategy: Its Evolution and Prospects for the Future
Jerome D. Ulman
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Standard Celeradon Chart: A Brief Introduction to its Scientific Analytic Power
John W. Eshleman
Precision Learning Systems, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia

PANEL DISCUSSION: The Future of the Science of Behaviorology
William Baum, University,of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
John L. Falk, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Jon Palfreman, Palfreman Film Group, Lexington, MA
E. A. Vargas, Vargas & Assoiciates, Morgantown, WV
Anne S. Kupfer, The May Institute, Norwood, MA - Moderator

POST'ER SESSION: Topics ranged from "A High-tech Verbal Summator and Latent Speech in Children" to "Increasing Safe Driving Behaviors with a Critical Behavior Checklist"

Friday March 21,1997

Sign-Tracking and the Feature Positive Effect in Humans
Karen L. Mahon
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Conditioned Reinforcers: Discriminative and Reinforcing Effects
Robert W. Allan
Lafayette College, Easton, PA

Operant and Respondent Stimulus Relations During Extended Chained Schedules Ron Allen,
Anne Kupfer, Michael L. Gardner, and E. F. Malagodi
University of Florida, Gainesvifle, FL

Activity-Based Anorexia: Dietary Protein and Spontaneous Activity
William M. Beneke and Jerry G. Vander Tuig
Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO

Equivalence in Normal and Intelligent Subjects: Is Common Naming, Intraverbal Naming, or Transfer of Function Necessary for the Formation of Equivalence Classes?
Werner Matthijs and Els Van Cauteren, U. P. C. St. Kanillus,
Krijkelberg, Belgium

SPECIAL INVITED ADDRESS:

Some Thoughts About Theory and Models
Murray Sidman
New England Center for Children, Southborough, MA

Saturday March 22,1997

Successful Smoking Control as an Example of a Comprehensive Behaviorological Therapy
Stephen F. Ledoux
State University of New York in Canton, Canton, NY

Essential Contingencies in Correction Procedures for Increased Learning in the Context of the Learn Unit
Sara Hogin McDonough
Fred S. Keller School, Yonkers, NY

The Importance of Overt Response Emission in Programmed Instruction
Christopher P. Willis, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Sean J. Harrigan, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
June R. Gregory, Hillsborough County Schools, Tampa, FL
Darrel E. Bostow, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Fervor, Forces, Faces, Flight: How Technology Happened
Beatrice Barrett, B. F., Skinner Foundation, Cambridge, MA

Presidential Address:

Diversity in Behavioral Science Communities: The Species Specific Character of Behaviorology
E. A. Vargas
Vargas & Associates, Morgantown, WV

The TIBA BANQUET

T. Cunliffe Barnes Award
Early Signs: Predictors of Future Careers