The State of Teaching Philosophy in Behavior Analysis Training Programs.

ABSTRACT: Professional organizations that oversee the accreditation of graduate training programs in behavior analysis have increased didactic training requirements for programs in various domains across the years. One of the areas in which this has occurred concerns training in philosophy within behavior science. Although content-hour requirements for didactic philosophical training have increased, the contents of this training are not prescribed and are left to the discretion of individual programs. We conducted a survey of verified course sequence programs to assess the current state of training in philosophy in behavior analysis graduate training programs. The results provided a list of common topics and readings in philosophy courses, and indicated an emphasis on radical behaviorism and the wor

SUBMITTER: Contreras BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11219621 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature