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SOCIAL VALIDITY: THE CASE FOR SUBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT or HOW APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS IS FINDING ITS HEART 1
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I apologize, but I must begin making my case for subjective measurement by recounting to you my own experiences with it over the past few years.Almost a decade ago, when the field of applied behavior analysis was beginning to expand so rapidly, we were faced with the task of putting together the Journal of Applied Be- havior Analysis.For a period of several months Garth Hopkins, who was our managing editor, presented us with a series of unexpected deci- sions to make; like: What color should the paper be?And did we need a paper that would hold together for two thousand years or were we willing to live with a shelf-life of only a thousand years?And so on.Just a couple of days before we were sched- uled to go to press with our very first issue, Garth called with one more question."What is the purpose of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis?", he asked.He said we needed to put a description of the purpose on the inside front cover, as one finds in other journals.He needed an answer almost immediately.
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“With input from the most important stakeholders—Autistic individuals themselves—intervention goals, procedures, and outcomes are likely to be seen as more acceptable, useful, and effective (Wolf, 1978)”
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“if an intervention does not have high social validity, meaning that it is not viewed as acceptable, useful, and feasible by intervention deliverers (e.g., school staff) and/or recipients (e.g., pupils), then it is likely to fail [16, 17].”
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CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT IN AN INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY COURSE PRODUCES BETTER LEARNING1
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TRAINING PUBLIC‐SPEAKING BEHAVIOR: AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS AND SOCIAL VALIDATION1
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SHAPING DATA COLLECTION CONGRUENT WITH EXPERIMENTAL HYPOTHESES1
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THE TRAINING AND VALIDATION OF YOUTH‐PREFERRED SOCIAL BEHAVIORS OF CHILD‐CARE PERSONNEL1
Willner, A. G., Braukmann, C. J., Kirigin, K. A., Fixsen, D. L., Phillips, E. L., & Wolf, M. M. (1977) · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · doi:10.1901/jaba.1977.10-219 · Cited by 64 · cited 1×
“Alan Willner, with Curt Braukmann, Kathi Kirigin, Dean Fixsen, Lonnie Phillips, and I (Willner et al., 1977) began to attempt to identify the interaction behaviors of teaching-parents in Achievement Place style group homes the youths liked and didn't like.”
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BEHAVIORAL ENGINEERING: STUTTERING AS A FUNCTION OF STIMULUS DURATION DURING SPEECH SYNCHRONIZATION1
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- Authors
- Wolf, M. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Kansas (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wolf, Montrose M.
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1978-06
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 203-214
- ISSN
- 0021-8855 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-3703
- PMC
- PMC1311293
- OpenAlex
- W2020279449
- Cited by
- 3,176
- References
- 23
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- FWCI
- 64.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Publishing and Scholarly Communication
- Keywords
- social validity, subjective indicators, applied behavior analysis
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