Faculty Articles
The Significance and Future of Functional Analysis Methodologies
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
ISSN
0021-8855
Publication Date
Summer 1994
Abstract
Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, and Richman (1982) presented the first comprehensive and standardized methodology for identifying operant functions of aberrant behavior. This essay discusses the significance functional analysis has had for applied behavior analysis. The methodology has lessened the field's reliance on default technologies and promoted analysis of environment-behavior interactions maintaining target responses as the basis for selecting treatments. It has also contributed to the integration of basic and applied research. Future directions for this research are suggested.
DOI
10.1901/jaba.1994.27-385
Volume
27
Issue
2
First Page
385
Last Page
392
NSUWorks Citation
Mace, F. C.
(1994). The Significance and Future of Functional Analysis Methodologies. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27(2), 385-392.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/385
