Chris Sawyer

Behaviorist (psychology), Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), professor, trainer, and occasional author.

[Chris Sawyer @Behav_Inquiry]

Thanks, everyone, for the interest.
I've added some new topics to my site https://t.co/UCI9V2YTDv focusing on Applied Behavior Analysis, psychology, philosophy, education, and science. More to come in the future as well.

I hope you enjoy.

[Chris Sawyer @Behav_Inquiry]

I'll say it once, I'll say it a thousand times. You can't read Skinner without Dostoevsky.

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@DoctorPerin Yes, but what does the turkey leg really mean here?

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@DoctorPerin It's very true. Which is why using conditioning based learning methods that match, as closely as possible, the natural environment, and have social validity to the client specifically, is also important.

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@DieselDog82 @DoctorPerin Great point.

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@TheNewLoraLee1 @DoctorPerin I think that is how this exchange has gone, yes.

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Yes. But mathematics often does too, and that's very simply replicated in proofs.

But back to your point. You're right. X and Y. Two variables, or more,are important. Science, at least when it comes to experimentation, doesn't work well with a single variable. It's static. It's just description at that point. No idea of how, why, when, or what happens next without another variable to compare it to, or give context.

I breathe in to get energy, you have to know about oxygen or its just counting breaths. We need to understand things through proceses because they require two or more variables.

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I think you describe part of the replication crisis right here. If the components of an experimental design, modern or not, are loosely defined or subjective, we run into the wall of comparing apples to oranges. That's an error of validity. But, if it's done right, and you compare what you mean to compare, defined clearly enough for other people to understand and try it themselves, and you can prove it can replicate in the experiment, called reliability, you can absolutely claim to demonstrate effects in your findings to some degree of certainty.

A happens with B more commonly than random chance. That's perfectly good science. In fact, most science boils down to just that. The study should have the "ingredients" called variables, be it store bought, or interpersonal.

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@DoctorPerin Correct

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@TheNewLoraLee1 @DoctorPerin You got me. I have no answer for cloning. I do however like natural sciences that replicate processes that benefit individual living creatures.

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@TheNewLoraLee1 @DoctorPerin Not all cancer comes from the same person's DNA therefore we should stop studying oncology?

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@DoctorPerin Thorndike preferred alley cats.

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@GigaBasedDad @LibertyCappy I see a lot of contention in this thread that the parable of the workers in the vineyard might give perspective to.

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@Matt_Pinner Willy's Wonderland is a gem

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@deaflibertarian Both

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@Otakundead @DoctorPerin @StevenCHayes @grok One of the best reads on the bookshelf. Transformation of function was such an eye opener.

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@KequeMage A lot of people are saying normal chess is 2D, but how are some of you jumping your knights again?

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Not a fan of IFS, it is widely subjective with its "parts" theory. I see some psychoanalysts taking opposition too but I struggle to differentiate the two. I've seen psychoanalytic literature mention "energy" and "selves" equally as loosely. Help a behaviorist out?
#ifs #psych

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@JTBerzering37 @wutbrianwut @SpillTheMemes Which is nice.

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@barefoothopes That's a great point. I generally don't start with value judgements on morality when talking self-reinforcement, just basic contingencies, but it's a great point seeing both intrinsic/extrinsic motivation as morally neutral.

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A client asked me to explain some self management basics "in legos" so let's take a look! :