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… particularly to help organizations improve workplace performance and human relationships. (Please see this release for details on the institute.) “Behavior analysis has been around for a century, but its potential for bettering the human condition remains underutilized,” said Aubrey Daniels, Ph.D., chairman and founder of ADI and the Aubrey Daniels Institute. “Our new museum provides tangible, …
… herself home. What she got for doing an honorable thing is arrested for underage drinking due to the fact that the police said that they had no choice but to report her, guilt by association I suspect. Two others were reported last week, one … Typically, most managers and supervisors come to see that these policies are wrong for the situation. As the policeman said in the case above of the high school student, “We have no choice.” I think on the contrary we do. Policy should be used … anybody or all, as in “anybody caught doing X, will be…” Begin instead with, “The policy is that… Now let me hear the details.” This is not about giving people a second chance. It is about how can I help the person or persons involved change …
… not be for sale anyway. This is how our democracy was intended to work all along. Funds at the local level would be contained as well although TV stations and newspapers might be asked to donate TV time and newspapers asked to contribute column … why this approach to government appointment would benefit us all. Maybe you can think of others to add to my list. The campaign will be about ideas and solutions for problems facing the constituents. It will not be about wealth—anybody’s. “Joe the plumber” will not have to worry about financing a campaign. This will generate a broader representation of candidates from all walks of life, to include education, occupation …
… Aubrey Daniels International Hosts Webinar Oct. 23 on Changing Behavior to Make Lean and Six Sigma Gains Stick Release date October 23, 2013 Source PR Web Link http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11239846.htm … PR Web … Aubrey Daniels International Hosts Webinar Oct. 23 on Changing Behavior to Make Lean and Six Sigma Gains Stick …
… pedophile for most of his long career. It’s not as if there were not a thousand clues in everything he did and said, including things he said in his autobiography. Part of the issue was plain ole politics and “who you know” that led to his abuse of at least hundreds of girls and women. Part of it, though, was a …
… Explaining Why We Do What We Do: Reductionism as Passing the Buck “Why is the sky blue, Daddy?” How many of us asked our Moms or … one? “Why did she do THAT?” How many times have we asked that question as children AND as adults? Explanation is the Holy Grail of science, and with good reason. Explanations of our world and how it works are not only intellectually stimulating, … Here, I want to talk about a strategy of explanation called reductionism . For me, reductionism is a way of explaining things by placing the cause at (or, in the case of behavior, passing the buck to) another level of understanding or …
… back to our specific balcony, I casually replied “habit.” In so saying, I made what scientists call a “nominal error.” “Explaining by naming,” of course, is not really an explanation at all. Our only evidence of habit is returning to the balcony, … the office occurs because good performance on the soccer field and in the office occurs! Sounds silly, no? Examples of explaining behavior by renaming it can be found in oh so many places of work and other human endeavor. We avoid tasks because … cause of our avoidance. But, how do we know the job is effortful? Why, because we avoid it. Gregarious people are often said to have good social skills, and these social skills are the basis –that is, the cause-of their gregariousness. But how …
… Average Joes and Josephines Ever read an article in the local paper that gives fairly categorical advice about how to exercise, eat, sleep, relax, or whatever? I read them all the time, in everything from the most erudite scientific magazines and journals to the tabloids that I guiltily sneak a look at while waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store (and pondering whether or not to give my sage advice about child behavior … of this sort, based on the “average bear” (for you friends of Yogi Bear) is called “nomothetic,” as compared to advice tailored to the individual, which is called “idiographic.” Both have a place in the science of behavior and thus in the …
… teachers, and others who instruct and reinforce actions on our part, including matching letters and sounds) selects certain responses for reinforcement in the presence of certain stimuli. The cause of operant behavior, then, is not mechanical connections but differential reinforcement through … teachers, and others who instruct and reinforce actions on our part, including matching letters and sounds) selects certain responses for reinforcement in the presence of certain stimuli. The cause of operant behavior, then, is not mechanical …
… Behavioral Minute: Sustaining Your Gains Just as machinery needs preventive maintenance, new processes need behavior maintenance in order to sustain their gains. Are you redoing, repeating or restarting your Lean, Six Sigma, Operational …