Episode 111 - Behavior Analytic Language

ABA Inside Track

Robert Parry-Cruwys

Social Sciences, Science, Education

4.7 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

If you've listened to more than one of our episodes, you must enjoy listening to behavior analytic terminology. If so, that makes you unlike most of America who ::GASP:: really dislikes ABA jargon. Should we be offended? Drop our monocles in shock? Perhaps instead we should use research to figure out a better way to improve how we disseminate the science of behavior in plain English.

Articles discussed this episode:

Lindsley, O.R. (1991). From technical jargon to plain English for application. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24, 449-458. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1991.24-449

Becirevic, A., Critchfield, T.S., Reed, D.D. (2016). On the social acceptability of behavior-analytic terms: Crowdsourced comparisons of lay and technical language. The Behavior Analyst, 39, 305-317. doi: 10.1007/s40614-016-0067-4

Critchfield, T.S., Doepke, K.J., Epting, L.K., Becirevic, A., Reed, D.D., Fienup, D.M., Kremsreiter, J.L., & Ecott, C.L. (2017). Normative emotional responses to behavior analysis jargon or how not to use words to win friends and influence people. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 10, 97-106. doi: 10.1007/s40617-016-0161-9

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. Welcome to ABA Inside Track, the podcast that's like reading in your car, but safer. I'm your host, Robert Perry Cruz, and with me as always are my fabulous co-hosts.
0:25.5	Hello, Rob, it's Diana.
0:26.8	And it's me, Jucky, Jucky, Jockey, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie.
0:30.5	That's good.
0:31.0	That's a good opening.
0:31.8	Thanks.
0:32.2	I've been working on it.
0:33.1	You know, workshoping that through the holiday season? Uh-huh. And I'm going to do as my own spinoff on Saturday morning cartoon.
0:40.1	And I'll just be a Muppet, just dancing around.
0:43.1	I think it suits you.
0:44.2	Me too.
0:44.7	And I'll be Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie, Jackie.
0:48.0	What's the theme song?
0:48.7	Or you just do that on the show?
0:50.3	That's the only thing that's on the show.
0:51.5	Oh, okay. That's the only thing that's on the show. It's a short show. It's a very short show. Snackable internet content.
0:55.2	30 seconds.
0:56.0	Okay.
0:56.5	Sounds good.
0:57.5	Well, this isn't a podcast about Jackie Soap's Dreams for a Fake puppet show.
1:02.1	This is a podcast about behavior analysis and behavior analytic research.
1:05.5	Wow, we really took a hard left with content there.
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