Talk:Relational frame theory

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POV-section for Application

I added this because the second (main) paragraph of this section asserts some very biased opinions as fact, but I don't have enough expertise in this subject to separate the worthwhile content out of this paragraph and fix the problem. 24.21.193.138 01:49, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

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I do not see anything in the second paragraph that would constitute a "very biased opinion." If you read any of the published reviews of the research studies generated by Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior, you will see that they are, indeed, of very limited scope and primarily focused on teaching his basic verbal operants (mostly mands and tacts) to children with development disabilities. In a recent citation analysis by Sautter and LeBlanc (2006), the authors (who are *not* RFT researchers and are generally sympathetic to Skinner's analysis) note: "In addition to the restricted range of publication outlets, the range of operants studied and the target populations were also somewhat restricted with a majority of empirical studies still focusing on mands and tacts" (p. 44). In addition, Dymond, O'Hora, Whelan, & O'Donovan (2006) completed a citation analysis of Skinner's Verbal Behavior for the period of 1984-2004 and found that "the majority of citations of Verbal Behavior were from nonempirical articles" (p. 81).

Check these citation analyses out for yourself:

-- Dymond, S., O'Hora, D., Whelan, R., & O'Donovan, A. (2006). Citation analysis of Skinner's Verbal Behavior: 1984-2004. The Behavior Analyst, 29(1), 75-88.

-- Sautter, R. A., & LeBlanc, L. A. (2006). Empirical applications of Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior with humans. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 22, 35-48.

(Docfox 16:31, 22 June 2007 (UTC))