| 7:30 Registration (coffee provided) | |||
| 8:15 | Welcome | MABA Operations Coordinator Ruth Anne Rehfeldt | |
| 8:30 to 10:20 | Experimental Analysis of Social
Behavior Abstracts CHAIR: Eric Jacobs (Southern Illinois University) STUDENT MODERATOR: Jimmy Anderson (Unuversity of Wisconsin - Eau Claire) |
Gregory J. Madden, Jennifer Gross, and Krista Kreuger (UW-Eau Claire) | The ideal free distribution and group matching |
| Forest Baker (Illinois Wesleyan University) and Howard Rachlin (SUNY-Stony Brook) | Self-control by pigeons in the prisoners dilemma | ||
| Cynthia Pietras (UT Health Science Center at Houston) | Environmental variability and choice in humans: Evaluating risk-sensitive and social foraging models | ||
| J. Scott Jordan (Illinois State University) | External constraints on theory of mind |
| 10:20 Break (coffee, soft drinks, and pastries provided; Registration table open) | |||
| 10:30 to 11:30 | Issues Affecting the Discipline
of Behavior Analysis CHAIR: Tom Critchfield (Illinois State University) STUDENT MODERATOR: Natalie Bratcher (Illinois State University) |
Larry Morse (UW-Eau Claire) | National certification of Behavior Analysts: An agent for significant change in our undergraduate and graduate programs in psychology |
| Larry A. Alferink (Illinois State University) | A place for behavior analysis in APA, and a place for APA in behavior analysis |
| 11:30 Lunch (on your own) | |||
| 1:15 to 2:45 | Clinical Behavior Analysis CHAIR: Linda LeBlanc (Western Michigan University) STUDENT MODERATOR: April Stalcheski (Bradley University) |
Douglas W. Woods (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee) | Habit reversal as a treatment for vocal tics in children with Tourette's Syndrome |
| Karla J. Doepke (Illinois State University) | The role of parental influence in children's eyewitness testimony: Durability of effects across interviews | ||
| Blake M. Lancaster & Linda A. LeBlanc (Western Michigan University) | Functional analysis of bizarre speech in dually diagnosed adults |
| 2:45 to 3:55 | Behavioral Neuroscience and Pharmacology CHAIR: Forrest Files (Bradley University) STUDENT MODERATOR: Stacy Buchanan (Southern Illinois University) |
Diana Walker (University of Chicago Medical School) | Reinforcing and self-reported effects of nitrous
oxide in non-drug-abusing volunteers |
| Valeri Farmer-Dougan (Illinois State University) | TBA |
| 4:00 to 5:00 | MABA Business Meeting CHAIR: Ruth Anne Rehfeldt (Southern Illinois University) |
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| 5:30 to 7:30 | Poster Session and Social Hour HOST: Greg Madden (UW-Eau Claire) |
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| 7:30 Dinner (on your own) | |||
| 8:00 Registration (coffee provided) | |||
| 8:30 to 10:00 | Developments in the Behavioral Analysis
of Gambling CHAIR: Mark R. Dixon (Southern Illinois University) STUDENT MODERATOR: Jennifer Lifschitz (Bradley University) |
Jeff Weatherly (University of North Dakota) | Identifying and (hopefully) overcoming some methodological problems with conducting gambling research in a laboratory setting |
| Anthony J. Cuvo (Southern Illinois University) | People with illness and disability: Gambling for a cure | ||
| V. Thomas Mawhinney (Indiana University South Bend) |
A cultural analysis of legalized gambling in the United States | ||
| Mark R. Dixon (Southern Illinois University) | A microanalysis of slot and poker players: Beyond contingency control? |
| 10:00 Break (coffee and soft drinks provided) | |||
| 10:15 to 11:45 | Application & Extension of the
Matching Law Abstracts CHAIR: Tom Critchfield (Illinois State University) STUDENT MODERATOR: Bethany Raiff, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire) |
Thomas S. Critchfield (Illinois State University), Elliott Paletz (Auburn University), & Ken MacAleese (University of Nevada-Reno) | Punishment in human choice: Comparing models with roots in one-factor and two-factor theory |
| James Dougan (Illinois Wesleyan University) and Valeri Farmer-Dougan (Illinois State University) | Quantitative behavior analysis and environmental enrichment in the zoo: A perfect match? | ||
| Cheryl L. Ecott (Auburn University) | Superstition quantified |
| 11:45 Break (light lunks and beverages provided) | |||
| 12:00 to 1:30 | Current Research in Applied Behavior
Analysis CHAIR: Jim Carr (Western Michigan University) STUDENT MODERATOR: Robin Holmes (Southern Illinois University) |
Linda LeBlanc (Western Michigan University) | Perspective-taking in children diagnosed with autism |
| Ruth Anne Rehfeldt (Southern Illinois University) & Lisette Radich (University of Nevada-Reno) | Use of signalled delays to establish preference for unreliable reinforcement in adults with dual diagnoses | ||
| John Austin, Alicia M. Alvero, & Joseph R. Sasson (Western Michigan University) | Analyzing the observer effect in behavior-based ergonomic safety | ||
| Caio Miguel, Jack Michael, & Jim Carr (Western Michigan University) | Effects of a pairing procedure on the vocal behavior of children diagnosed with autism |
| 1:30 Announcements and Closing Comments | |||