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ArticlePerspectives on behavior science2018

Why We Are Still Not Acting to Save the World: the Upward Challenge of a Post-Skinnerian Behavior Science.

Mark R Dixon, Jordan Belisle, Ruth Anne Rehfeldt, William B Root

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Article in Perspectives on behavior science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Mark R DixonBehavior Analysis & Therapy, Southern Illinois University, 1025 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL USA.
Jordan BelisleBehavior Analysis & Therapy, Southern Illinois University, 1025 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL USA.
Ruth Anne RehfeldtBehavior Analysis & Therapy, Southern Illinois University, 1025 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL USA.
William B RootBehavior Analysis & Therapy, Southern Illinois University, 1025 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Basic research on derived stimulus relations reveals many effects that may be useful in understanding and resolving significant and complex societal problems. Applied research on derived stimulus relations has done little to fulfill this promise, focusing instead mainly on simple demonstrations of well-known phenomena. We trace the research tradition of derived stimulus relations from laboratory to wide-scale implementation, and put forward several suggestions for how to progress effective and impactful research on derived relational responding to issues of immense social importance. To advance a science of behavior from relative social obscurity to the developing world-saving technologies, we must evaluate our own behavior as scientists in the grander social context.

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Relational frame theorySocial behaviorStimulus relationsVerbal behavior

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PMID31976395
PMCPMC6701496

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