The Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior was founded in 1978 by Michael Lamport Commons and John Anthony Nevin. The first president was Richard J. Herrnstein. In the beginning it was called the Harvard Symposium on Quantitative Analysis of Behavior (HSQAB). This society meets once a year to discuss various topic in

quantitative analysis of behavior Quantitative analysis of behavior is the application of mathematical models--conceptualized from the robust corpus of environment-behavior-consequence interactions in published behavioral science--to the experimental analysis of behavior. The aim is ...

including:

behavioral economics Behavioral economics is the study of the psychological (e.g. cognitive, behavioral, affective, social) factors involved in the decisions of individuals or institutions, and how these decisions deviate from those implied by traditional economi ...

, behavioral momentum,

Connectionist Connectionism is an approach to the study of human mental processes and cognition that utilizes mathematical models known as connectionist networks or artificial neural networks. Connectionism has had many "waves" since its beginnings. The first ...

systems or

neural networks A neural network is a group of interconnected units called neurons that send signals to one another. Neurons can be either Cell (biology), biological cells or signal pathways. While individual neurons are simple, many of them together in a netwo ...

hyperbolic discounting In economics, hyperbolic discounting is a time inconsistency, time-''inconsistent'' model of delay discounting. It is one of the cornerstones of behavioral economics and its brain-basis is actively being studied by neuroeconomics researchers. Acc ...

foraging Foraging is searching for wild food resources. It affects an animal's fitness because it plays an important role in an animal's ability to survive and reproduce. Foraging theory is a branch of behavioral ecology that studies the foraging behavi ...

errorless learning Errorless learning was an instructional design introduced by psychologist Charles Ferster in the 1950s as part of his studies on what would make the most effective learning environment. B. F. Skinner was also influential in developing the techni ...

learning Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, value (personal and cultural), values, Attitude (psychology), attitudes, and preferences. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, non-human animals, and ...

and the Rescorla-Wagner model,

matching law In operant conditioning, the matching law is a quantitative relationship that holds between the relative rates of response and the relative rates of reinforcement in concurrent schedules of reinforcement. For example, if two response alternatives A ...

, Melioration,

scalar expectancy The scalar timing or scalar expectancy theory (SET) is a model of the processes that govern behavior controlled by time. The model posits an internal clock, and particular memory and decision processes. SET is one of the most important models of an ...

, signal detection and

stimulus control In behavioral psychology, stimulus control is a phenomenon in operant conditioning that occurs when an organism behaves in one way in the presence of a given Stimulus (psychology), stimulus and another way in its absence. A stimulus that modifies b ...

connectionism Connectionism is an approach to the study of human mental processes and cognition that utilizes mathematical models known as connectionist networks or artificial neural networks. Connectionism has had many "waves" since its beginnings. The first ...

Neural Network A neural network is a group of interconnected units called neurons that send signals to one another. Neurons can be either biological cells or signal pathways. While individual neurons are simple, many of them together in a network can perfor ...

s. Mathematical models and data are presented and discussed. The field is a branch of

mathematical psychology Mathematical psychology is an approach to psychology, psychological research that is based on mathematical modeling of perceptual, thought, Cognition, cognitive and motor processes, and on the establishment of law-like rules that relate quantifi ...

. Some papers resulting from the symposium are published as a special issue of the journal ''

Behavioural Processes ''Behavioural Processes'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the field of ethology. It was established in 1976 and is published by Elsevier. The editors-in-chief are Johan J. Bolhuis (Utrecht University) and Olga Lazareva (Dra ...

''.

References

* Commons, M. L., (2001). A short history of the Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior. ''Behavior Analyst Today'', 2(3), 275-27

* Fields, L., & Nevin, J. A. (1993). Stimulus Equivalence pecial issue ''Psychological Record'', 43(4) * Theories in Progress: Proceedings of the Meeting of the Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behaviour (2003). ''Behavioural Processes''. 62, (1–3), 1–198 * Proceedings of the Meeting of the Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behaviour (2004). ''Behavioural Processes''. 66(3), 173–366. * Proceedings of the Meeting of the Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behaviour (2005). ''Behavioural Processes''. 69(2), 97–279 * Proceedings of the Meeting of the Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behaviour (2006). ''Behavioural Processes''. 72(3),191–310. * Proceedings of the Meeting of the Society for the Quantitative Analyses Behavior(SQAB 2006)(2007). ''Behavioural Processes''. 75(2), 91–252.

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