Visual Basic for Behavioral Psychologists - Softcover

Dixon PhD, Mark; Jackson, James; MacLin PhD, Otto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878978446 ISBN 13: 9781878978448

Publisher: Context Press, 2003

Synopsis

Visual Basic for Behavioral Psychologists is designed to provide the behavioral psychologist with the necessary skills to adapt their human operant research agenda to the changing face of science in the 21st century. Filled with illustrative screen shots, this book will show you how to computerize your experimental apparatus, stimulus presentations, and data collection procedures. It will also provide you with specific programming routines (code) that you can customize and incorporate into your own experiments. Most importantly, this book will provide you with the skills to program your own research, whatever that research may be.

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About the Authors

Mark R. Dixon, PhD, is associate professor in the Behavior Anaylsis and Therapy Program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Steven C. Hayes, PhD, is Foundation Professor in the department of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. An author of forty-four books and over 600 scientific articles, his career has focused on an analysis of the nature of human language and cognition, and the application of this to the understanding and alleviation of human suffering and the promotion of human prosperity. Among other associations, Hayes has been president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. He has received several awards, including the Impact of Science on Application Award from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the ABCT.

Otto H. MacLin, PhD, is assistant professor of psychology at the University of Northern Iowa.

Edition details

• Publisher: Context Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1878978446
• ISBN 13: 9781878978448
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 323