1st Edition
Personal Narratives on the Behavior Analysis of Human Language and Cognition Stories from Around the World
Foreword.
Kennon A. Lattal
Prologue. The Story Behind the Stories
Colin Harte
Chapter 1. Personal Narratives: So Much More Than Just the Names on the Title Page
Colin Harte, Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Maithri Sivaraman, Julio C. de Rose, and Julian C. Leslie
Section 1
The 1960s and 1970s: The Headwaters
Chapter 2. Verbal Governance and the Shaping of Verbal Behavior: A Case History
A. Charles Catania
Chapter 3. How Did I Get From There to Here?
Lanny Fields
Chapter 4. A Tale of Serendipity: My Research Story
R. Douglas Greer
Chapter 5. Some Short Notes on a Long Career
Julian C. Leslie
Chapter 6. Rule-following as an Operant: Early Research on Verbal Governance of Behavior
Mark Galizio
Chapter 7. In Pursuit of a Comprehensive Technology of Education: An Interview with Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson and Ryan O’Donnell
Chapter 8. The Origination of RFT: A Personal Narrative
Steven C. Hayes
Chapter 9. ROE-M’ing through Behavior Analysis with a Child Psychiatrist
Stuart Libman
Chapter 10. That’s a Wrap
Linda J. Hayes
Section 2
The 1980s: Currents Converge
Chapter 11. Around the World of the Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition
Julio C. de Rose
Chapter 12. From the Rat’s Paw to the Written Word: A Behavior Analyst's Journey
Deisy das Graças de Souza
Chapter 13. A Life in Language: Cognition to Social Science to Behavior Analysis to Social Contextual Analysis
Bernard Guerin
Chapter 14. Conceptual Deconstruction Precedes Theoretical Reconstruction: A Career in Search of Psychological Behavior
Emilio Ribes-Iñesta
Chapter 15. The Experience of Connecting Points
Carmen Luciano
Chapter 16. The Shaping of a Verbal Repertoire
Henry D. Schlinger
Chapter 17. The Behavioral Technology Group at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center (1983–2016): Recollections and Reflections
William J. McIlvane
Chapter 18. Reflections on the Unfolding of an Equivalence Lab
Carol Pilgrim
Chapter 19. Memories of “Memory”
David C. Palmer
Chapter 20. My Multicultural Journey to Becoming a Behavior Analyst
Gladys Williams
Chapter 21. Eight Insights from an Emergent Obsession with Translating the Covenant
Thomas S. Critchfield
Section 3
The 1990s: Battle Lines Drawn
Chapter 22. Verbal Behavior and Equivalence: A Laboratory History Built on the Shoulders of Two Giants
Martha Hübner
Chapter 23. My Life in the Margins
Dermot Barnes-Holmes
Chapter 24. Insights into the Origin of Complex Human Skills
Luis Antonio Pérez-González
Chapter 25. Choices Established by Contingencies in Studying Verbal Behavior
Veronica Haydu
Chapter 26. Stumbling my Way to the Middle Path
Bryan Roche
Chapter 27. A Cat Among the Ermines: A Psychiatrist’s Journey into Behavior Analysis
Niklas Törneke
Chapter 28. Building Bridges: A Personal Reflection on the Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition
Simon Dymond
Chapter 29. Theory and Translation: A Research Tale in Four Movements
Ruth Anne Rehfeldt
Chapter 30. From Theory to Research & Applications in Organizations and Beyond
Ramona A. Houmanfar
Section 4
The 2000s: Mapping Territory and Building Cities
Chapter 31. Chances and Necessities in a Scientific Career
Per Holth
Chapter 32. A Scientific Life in Stimulus Control and Emergent Relations
Erik Arntzen
Chapter 33. The Global Crisis in Mental Health Needs a Radical Behavioral Solution
Yvonne Barnes-Holmes
Chapter 34. Almería, Late 90’s Early 2000’s: The Right Place for a Behavior-analytic Apprentice
Miguel Rodríguez-Valverde and Mónica Hernández-López
Chapter 35. From Philosophy and English to Psychology and Behaviour Analysis: Some Important Influences on my Research Career
Ian Stewart
Chapter 36. What I Learned From Children About Verbal Behavior
Andrea Schmidt
Chapter 37. Language Acquisition in Children with Hard of Hearing: Contributions of the Stimulus Equivalence Paradigm
Ana Claudia Moreira Almeida Verdu
Chapter 38. An Experimental Analysis of Bidirectional Naming and Other Symbolic Behavior
Caio F. Miguel
Chapter 39. Working to Broaden My Vision and Open My Heart: A Behavior Analyst's Research Story
Jonathan Tarbox
Chapter 40. Let Me Hear . . .: Echoes of Experiences from the Field
Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir
Chapter 41. From Foundations to Frontiers: A Personal Narrative of a Journey in the Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition
Renato Bortoloti
Chapter 42. The Making of a Behavior Analyst
Carol Murphy
Chapter 43. Influences, My Behavior Has Many
Daniel M. Fienup
Section 5
The 2010s-Present Day: Bridging the Divides and Cultivating a Common Field
Chapter 44. A Winding Road: Reconciling What Seemed Incompatible
Michelle Kelly
Chapter 45. Carrying the Legacy of my Heroes
William F. Perez
Chapter 46. Complexity: An Evolving Story of Research and Practice
Jordan Belisle and Dana Paliliunas
Chapter 47. Converging Paths: A Shared Journey in Behavior Analysis
João H. de Almeida and Carol Coury Silveira
Chapter 48. I am…. A researcher? Navigating the Spaces Between
Siri Ming
Chapter 49. Aiming to Unravel the Mysteries of Verbal Behavior: My Personal Odyssey
Carsta Simon
Chapter 50. Tackling Racial Prejudice One Relation at a Time
Táhcita Medrado Mizael
Epilogue
Maithri Sivaraman
Biography
Colin Harte is a senior research fellow at the Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil. His career to date has primarily focused on the behavior-analytic study of human language and cognition, as well as advocating for more cooperation and collaboration within the field’s approach to this domain.
Dermot Barnes-Holmes is a professor in the School of Psychology at Ulster University, Northern Ireland, and has published widely on relational frame theory and related areas in behavior analysis.
Maithri Sivaraman an assistant professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. She studies language acquisition in neurotypical and neurodivergent children. Prior to her current position, she established the Tendrils Centre for Autism in India, offering services for neurodivergent children. She writes a blog on early childhood development for Psychology Today.
Julio C. de Rose is a professor at the Department of Psychology at the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil, and Research Director of the National Institute of Science and Technology on Behavior, Cognition, and Teaching (INCT-ECC), from 2017 to 2025.
Julian C. Leslie. Following a doctorate at Oxford University, Julian Leslie has taught and researched behavior analysis in Northern Ireland for 50 years. He has authored several textbooks and was co-founder of the Behavior Analysis in Ireland group. He is a fellow of the Association for Behavior Analysis International.
'This extraordinary book documents the empirical and social journey its authors meticulously traveled in their successful quest to: 1) demolish the spurious mechanistic reputation of behavior analysis and 2) demonstrate its rightful role as the most comprehensive science of human behavior in existence.'
Patrick Friman, PhD, Director of Outpatient Behavioral Health, Emeritus, Boys Town; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center
'This book offers a fascinating and engaging journey through the history of behavior analysis and verbal behavior. With clarity and warmth, it weaves together the professional trajectories of the field’s pioneers and showcases their discoveries. As a colleague and fellow behavior analyst, I found it both inspiring and deeply meaningful.'
Martha Pelaez, PhD, Frost Professor of Developmental Psychology, Florida International University
