Want to see more behavior? Consider institutional-level positive reinforcement

Publication date: Available online 20 August 2019Source: Journal of Contextual Behavioral ScienceAuthor(s): A. Solomon KurzAbstractIn their review of 160 articles in the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (JCBS), Newsome, Newsome, Fuller & Meyer (2019) argued prior JCBS authors have disproportionately relied on self-report measures to the neglect of more overt measures of behavior. I agree that increasing the frequency of more overt behavioral measures of behavior could potentially improve the quality of the scholarship within JCBS. To encourage these changes, we might consider a fuller analysis of the factors maintaining the status quo, and further discuss the practical ways we might reinforce the behaviors we desire among our fellow scientists. In this commentary, I offer several steps the leadership within JCBS and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) might take to encourage these changes. With skillfully-applied positive reinforcement, we might use our science to improve our science.

Source: Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science - August 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research