Inside Behavior Analysis
Volume 1 | 2009 | Number 1
The Analysis of Verbal Behavior
By Caio Miguel
This report covers activities of TAVB for the calendar year of 2008-2009 (Vol. 25).
Journal Mission
The Analysis of Verbal Behavior is for the original publication of experimental or theoretical papers relevant to a behavioral analysis of verbal behavior. Manuscripts are typically relevant to at least one of the following topics: the elementary verbal operants, autoclitics, multiple control, private events, rule-governed behavior, epistemology, scientific verbal behavior, language acquisition, language assessment and training, second languages, pedagogy, the verbal behavior of nonhumans, and verbal behavior research methodology.
Processing of Manuscripts Submitted in 2008-2009
During 2008-2009, eighteen (18) manuscripts were submitted for publication in TAVB. The mean processing time for manuscripts considered for publication in Vol. 25 was two months (range, 1-5 months). The rejection rate for Vol. 25 was 33%. Several papers are currently under review for Vol.26.
A process map that describes TAVB’s editorial process was created and specific disconnects pertaining to this process were identified and remedied.
Volume 25 will be published in July 2009. It contains 11 manuscripts: four full research articles, two brief reports, two reviews, and three conceptual papers.
TAVB Vol. 25, 2009 Table of Contents
Caio Miguel, California State University, Sacramento. Editorial: The Verbal Behavior Approach.
Murray Sidman, Sarasota, FL. Equivalence Relations and Behavior: An Introductory Tutorial.
Danielle LaFrance, David A. Wilder, Matthew P. Normand & James L. Squires, Florida Institute of Technology. Extending the assessment of functions of vocalizations in children with limited verbal repertoires.
Richard M. Kubina Jr., Pamela Wolfe, The Pennsylvania State University & Douglas E. Kostewicz, University of Pittsburgh. General outcome measures for verbal operants.
Erik Arntzen, Lill-Beathe Halstadtro, & Monica Halstadtro. Akershus University College, St. Olavs Hospital/Trondsletten Habilitation Services, and Byasen High School Norway. The “silent dog” method: A procedure for analyzing the impact of self-generated rules when teaching different computer chains to two boys with autism.
Bobby Newman, Dana Reinecke and Marissa Ramos, Room to Grow. Is a reasonable attempt reasonable? Shaping versus reinforcing verbal attempts of preschoolers diagnosed with autism.
John W. Esch and Barbara E. Esch, Esch Behavior Consultants, Inc. & Jessa R. Love, Western Michigan University. Increasing Vocal Variability in Children Diagnosed With Autism Using a Lag Schedule of Reinforcement.
Joseph Vedora and Laura Meunier, BEACON Services & Harry Mackay, Northeastern University and Praxis Inc. Teaching Intraverbal Behavior to Children with Autism: A Comparison of Textual and Echoic Prompts.
Amy C. Gross & Eric J. Fox. Western Michigan University. Relational Frame Theory: An Overview of the Controversy.
Terry J. Knapp, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The Hefferline Notes: B. F. Skinner’s First Public Exposition of his Analysis of Verbal Behavior.
Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir, Sean P. Peterson, Texas Christian University & Anja C. Peters, University of Freiburg and Texas Christian University. A Quarter Century of The Analysis of Verbal Behavior: An Analysis of Impact.
Allyne Marcon-Dawson, Sara M. Vicars, & Caio F. Miguel, California State University, Sacramento. Publication Trends in The Analysis of Verbal Behavior: 1999-2008
Board of Editors
TAVB’s editorial board has not substantially changed in many years. As the new editor, I assembled a group of outstanding associate editors, each of whom has impressive credentials. The associate editors are Dr. David Palmer, who is mostly responsible for editing conceptual papers; Dr. Anna Petursdottir, who assists with experimental studies; and Dr. Mark Sundberg, who focuses on editing both empirical and conceptual studies with an emphasis on application. Danielle LaFrance is serving as TAVB’s new editorial assistant, assisting me in the processing of papers submitted to the journal. TAVB’s editorial board members will now serve on the board for either two or three year terms. These terms are renewable given the member’s interest and past contributions as a reviewer and author. Many editorial board members have been rotated off. I would like to express my gratitude to all those who have ever served on the board and thank the new board members for accepting the invitation. The new members were nominated by the associate editors based on specific contributions to the journal and to the field.