ABA622: Concepts and Principles of ABA

Mace, F.C., Pritchard, D., & Penney, H. (2021). Schedules of reinforcement. In Fisher, W. W., Piazza, C. C., & Roane, H. S. (Eds.) Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis (2nd Ed). [electronic resource]. Guilford Publications.
This chapter reviews the known schedules of reinforcement and covers the technical aspects of these schedules as discovered in laboratory experiments. This is an important foundation for applying schedules of reinforcement in the applied setting.

Cooper, J.O, Heron, T.E, Heward, W.L. (2020). Applied Behavior Analysis (3rd Ed.). Pearson.
This textbook makes an important contribution to the basic understanding in our field. It is an excellent resource for your professional work, and we recommend that everyone have a copy of the book for reference at any time.

Flactemb. (2013). “Dr. B.F. Skinner and Operant Conditioning.” https://youtu.be/NeK8GNLylkc?si=AJCzGHkupkEvOIsj
This video clip is a helpful way to think about schedules of reinforcement and gives you a glimpse into the early laboratory research done by B.F. Skinner and his colleagues. You also get a chance to see footage of Skinner talking about his work directly, which is always a very helpful thing. Go straight to the source when you can!