Safety Skills, Game Theory and Suboptimal Choice with Danielle Watson, M.Sc., BCBA

In this episode I chat with Danielle Watson, a Ph.D. Candidate at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and former co-host of the influential podcast: The Controversial Exchange. We dive into her recent study on safety skills and explore some of the cool things she is working on towards her end goal of being the next Dr. Watson.   Continuing Education Units (CEUs): https://cbiconsultants.com/shop 1.5 CEUs BACB: Learning IBAO: ABA Topics QABA: General CBA: Learning   Show Notes: The Daily BA and The Controversial Exchange: https://www.thedailyba.com/tce    The Convergence of Human and Animal Training and Technology Conference: https://chattcon.com  The Chicago School of Professional Psychology: https://www.thechicagoschool.edu/online/programs/ph-d-applied-behavior-analysis-credential-track  St. Joseph’s University Criminal Justice Program: https://www.sju.edu/degree-programs/criminal-justice-ms    The Do Better Movement (Listen. Learn. Lead.): https://www.facebook.com/groups/dobettermovement  Thomas Zentall, Ph.D.: https://psychology.as.uky.edu/users/zentall    References: Locey, M. L., Safin, V., & Rachlin, H. (2013). Social discounting and the prisoner’s dilemma game. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 99(1), 85-97. Molet, M., Miller, H. C., Laude, J. R. et al. (2012). Decision making by humans in a behavioral task: Do humans, like pigeons, show suboptimal choice?. Learning & Behavior, 40, 439–447. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-012-0065-7  Morford, Z. H., & Cihon, T. M. (2013). Developing an experimental analysis of metacontingencies: Considerations regarding cooperation in a four-person prisoner’s dilemma game. Behavior and Social Issues, 22, 5-20. Yi, R., Johnson, M. W., & Bickel, W. K. (2005). Relationship between cooperation in an iterated prisoner’s dilemma game and the discounting of hypothetical outcomes. Learning & Behavior, 33(3), 324-336.