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COMPLIANT IN A MOMENT: A COMMENTARY ON NEVIN
Author(s) -
Houlihan Daniel,
Brandon Paul K.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-549
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , psychology , momentum (technical analysis) , compliance (psychology) , moment (physics) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , computer science , physics , classical mechanics , finance , economics , programming language
Nevin's scholarly and timely discussion attempts to maintain the precarious union of the experimentally derived theory of behavioral momentum with applications of the behavioral momentum construct to human subjects in applied settings. Nevin's discussion adds much‐needed clarification to a process that at times has proven to be awkward for applied researchers. In this commentary, we will address three general questions: (a) Can the applications of behavioral momentum be derived from the theory as conceptualized by Nevin? (b) Could those applications have been developed had the theory not been formulated? (c) Does behavioral momentum theory add significantly to the compliance literature?