Jim Johnston

You really can’t talk about behavior without labeling the piece of it under discussion. Behavior is such a broad, varied, and pervasive phenomenon that we have […]

Have you ever suggested that a behavior can be unlearned? It’s an easy slip-of-the-tongue, not apparently much different from saying that we can get rid of […]

On the way to becoming behavior analysts, we might at first have been surprised to realize we were dragging along our personal histories. There may be […]

Pretty well, right? After a full graduate course in basic concepts and principles, not to mention other courses in ABA procedures and such, you’re certainly comfortable […]

We go to work. Maybe have lunch with a friend who is in town. Back to work. Take a phone call in the afternoon from hubby. […]

We call ourselves behavior analysts, but what does this mean? Some may remember a time when we had no particular label for our shared interests, perhaps […]

We tend to take our sense of time pretty much for granted, as if it’s just part of what it means to be human. We’re aware […]

Behavior analysts have always viewed our field as a natural science, if only because this affiliation helps differentiate it from the social sciences – an association […]

You are forgiven if you’ve never run across the term “qualia” – merely a sign you’ve successfully avoided extensive training in philosophy. The term apparently first […]