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 to the experimental analysis of behavior. The aim is to describe and/or predict relations between independent environmental variables and dependent behavioral variables. Th ...

including: behavioral economics, behavioral momentum,

Connectionist Connectionism refers to both an approach in the field of cognitive science that hopes to explain mental phenomena using artificial neural networks (ANN) and to a wide range of techniques and algorithms using ANNs in the context of artificial int ...

systems or neural networks,

hyperbolic discounting In economics, hyperbolic discounting is a 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. According to the disc ...

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 techniqu ...

, learning 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 alternative ...

, 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 ani ...

signal detection Detection theory or signal detection theory is a means to measure the ability to differentiate between information-bearing patterns (called stimulus in living organisms, signal in machines) and random patterns that distract from the information (ca ...

and stimulus control,

connectionism Connectionism refers to both an approach in the field of cognitive science that hopes to explain mental phenomena using artificial neural networks (ANN) and to a wide range of techniques and algorithms using ANNs in the context of artificial in ...

or Neural Networks. Mathematical models and data are presented and discussed. The field is a branch of

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

. 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 publishing original research papers in the field of ethology. It was established in 1976 and is published by Elsevier. The editors-in-chief are Johan J. Bolhuis (Utrecht Unive ...

''.

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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