On the origin and functions of the term functional analysis.

Abstract:

:In this essay, we note that although Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, and Richman (1982) established the standard framework for conducting functional analyses of problem behavior, the term functional analysis was probably first used in behavior analysis by B. F. Skinner in 1948. We also remind readers that a functional analysis is really an experimental analysis, words that were contained in the title of Skinner's first book, The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis (1938). We further describe how Skinner initially applied the concept of functional analysis to an understanding of verbal behavior, and we suggest that the same tactic be applied to the verbal behavior of behavior analysts, in the present case, to the term functional analysis.

journal_name

J Appl Behav Anal

authors

Schlinger HD Jr,Normand MP

doi

10.1002/jaba.6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-04-01 00:00:00

pages

285-8

issue

1

eissn

0021-8855

issn

1938-3703

journal_volume

46

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