In behavioral application, the behavior, stimuli, and/or organism under study are chosen because of their importance to man and society, rather than their importance to theory

If the application of behavioral techniques does not produce large enough effects for practical value, then application has failed.

Design, implement, & evaluate behavior change programs that consist of behavior change tactics derived from fundamental principles of behavior

Presumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which all phenomena occur as the result of other events

A systematic approach to the understanding of natural phenomena

An experimenter has achieved an analysis of a behavior when he can exercise control over it.

A behavioral change may be said to have generality if it proves durable over time, if it appears in a wide variety of possible environments, or if it spreads to a wide variety of related behaviors.

Conceptual basis of behavior principles as it relates across many spectrums

What all scientific knowledge is built upon; the foremost rule  “Objective” is the key to gaining a better understanding of what is being studied

To achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomena under study

Thus it usually studies what subjects can be brought to do rather than what they can be brought to say; unless, of course, a verbal response is the behavior of interest.

Authors of Some Current Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis

Experiments in laboratory settings with both human participants and nonhuman subjects  Goal of discovering & clarifying fundamental principles of behavior

Controlled comparison of some measure of the phenomenon of interest (dependent variable) under two of more different conditions in which only one factor at a time (independent variable) differs from one condition to another

Collection of facts about observed events that can be quantified, classified, & examined for possible relations with other know facts

Applied interventions arise from a specific and identifiable theoretical base rather than being a set of packages or tricks.

Baer, Wolf, and Risley (1968) recommended the following seven defining dimensions for research or behavior change programs:

Experiments are aimed at discovering & clarifying functional relations between socially significant behavior & its controlling variables

The repetition of experiments to determine the reliability and usefulness of findings

Relative probability that when one event occurs, another event will or will not occur

Applied interventions are described well enough that they can be implemented by anyone with training and resources.

Years that Current Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis was written.

Four domains of Behavior Analysis

The idea that simple, logical explanations must be ruled out, experimentally or conceptually, before more complex or abstract explanations are considered

Highest level of scientific understanding.  Functional relations can be derived.