Session 17: Derek Reed on Behavioral Economics

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

Matt Cicoria

Science, Mental Health, Skinner, Behaviorism, Behaviorconsultant, Aba, Behavioralpsychology, Health & Fitness, Appliedbehavioranalysis, Autism, Acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy, Fba, Social Sciences, Verbalbehavior, Bcba, Functionalassessment, Discretetrial

4.8 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2016

⏱️ 72 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

What does risky sex, drug use, and even indoor tanning have in common? Fortunately Dr. Derek Reed, BCBA-D, joins me in Session 17 to provide a tutorial of sorts on behavioral economics, which helps to explain what these (and many other) "problems of consumption," are influenced by behavior-environment relationships. Derek runs the Applied Behavioral Economics Laboratory at the University of Kansas, and has extensive experience across a wide range of behavior analytic niches. For example, during the interview, he tells the story of how within the first semester of studying Behavior Analysis, he was doing everything from providing services to children in applied settings while also working in an animal laboratory. He also describes some of his research on how people choose to partake in indoor tanning, and explains some of the behavioral economic principles that influence such decisions. Although we get, "into the weeds," as it relates to discussing concepts from the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Derek expertly translates many of these ideas into language that is, in the end, quite accessible. Even if you have no interest in EAB, I believe that there are take-home messages for Behavior Analysts in all settings. To that end, I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is the Behavioral Observations podcast with Matt Secoria, session number 17.
0:12.4	Welcome to the Behavioral Observations podcast, stimulating talk for today's behavior analysts.
0:19.9	Now here's your host, Matt Secoria.
0:24.4	Hey everybody, it's Matt here, and I'm excited to come back in session 17 of the behavioral
0:29.7	observations podcast, and I want to open the show with a question for you.
0:35.5	What does risky sex, excessive alcohol consumption, drug use, and indoor tanning have in common?
0:45.0	Well, I'm not exactly sure what that answer is, but I'm more sure after having this discussion
0:51.5	with Dr. Derek Reed of the University of Kansas's Applied Behavioral Economics Laboratory.
0:58.5	Behavioral economics is his area of expertise, and he joins us today to give us, I guess, in part one of our interview, a tutorial on all things, behavioral economics.
1:08.8	And then part two, we talk about some of those, you know,
1:11.9	kind of excessive or problematic societal behaviors
1:14.3	that I listed out in that question.
1:18.8	And I think that part is a real fascinating aspect
1:22.6	of what behavioral economics provides
1:26.0	in terms of a mechanism for understanding, you know, things like
1:30.2	impulsivity, decision making, and things like that. So, you know, a lot of this stuff is stuff we don't
1:35.9	often talk about in applied behavior analysis. And so I think Derek's appearance on this program
1:42.8	is going to be helpful because he really makes the case as to why we should understand these concepts and how that it might inform our practice.
1:50.5	I mean, not that we're going to be going around doing behavioral economic research or using some of the procedures that they use, but more of as perhaps a worldview or a way of
2:01.2	understanding consumption of reinforcers. So I don't want to spoil the interview too much
2:08.0	more than that, but I want to place our discussion in context. So I'm going to get to the
2:13.9	interview here in just a bit. Before I do so, though, I do want to mention that this podcast is sponsored by B-Side21.org's
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Matt Cicoria, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Matt Cicoria and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.