Robert G. Wahler, Ph.D 

Keynote Address: The Rightness and Wrongness of Behavior Analysis: An Updated Review

In 1996 I responded to Saul Axelrod's paper entitled "What's Wrong With Behavior Analysis?" In my response, I pointed out a mistaken assumption that behavior analysts are guided solely by the reinforcement construct. In my current presentation I will argue that our guiding constructs continue to broaden as behavior analysts consider phenomena such as setting events, adventitious learning, and mindfulness. While our theoretical perspectives have become more complex, our methodological focus on the functional analysis of behavior remains intact