Episode 276 - Concurrent Chains Arrangement

IMPORTANT NOTICE: To earn CEUs for listening, you MUST sign up and listen to this episode on our website to get credit. To listen for the fun of learning? Just push play! Email us at [email protected] for further assistance. Somehow we've made it nearly 300 episodes without actually talking about concurrent chains arrangement specifically. I mean, we've talked about measuring assent, preferences for treatments, chaining, and concurrent schedules. Finally, all the great tastes that go great together in one episode! But where did the concurrent chains arrangement come from? And how might such a procedure be used to assess preference for different treatment types? Does it work for everyone? I pity the fool that misses this podcast episode. This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Catania, A.C. & Sagvolden, T. (1980). Preference for free choice over forced choice in pigeons. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 34, 7-86. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1980.34-77 Hanley, G.P. (2010). Toward effective and preferred programming: A case for the objective measurement of social validity with recipients of behavior-change programs. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 3, 13-21. doi: 10.1007/BF03391754 Auten, E.M., Van Camp, C., & Ferguson, A.B. (2024). A review of the concurrent-chains arrangement to assess intervention choice: 2018-2023. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 57, 319-330. doi:10.1002/jaba.1059 Luck, K.M., Lerman, D.C., Wu, W.L., Dupuis, D.L., & Hussein, L.A. (2018). A comparison of written, vocal, and video feedback when training teachers. Journal of Behavioral Education, 27, 124-144. doi: 10.1007/s10864-017-9279-2