Curriculum Vitae July 2004
A(nthony) Charles Catania
Married: Constance Britt, 10 February 1962
Children: William John, 3 February 1964
Educational History
P.S. 132, Manhattan; Bronx
High School of Science, Class of 1953
A.B., Columbia College,
1957
M.A., Columbia University,
1958
Ph.D. in Psychology, Harvard
University, 1961 (March)
Columbia College
T
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Harvard University
R
Smith Kline and French
Laboratories
University College of Arts
and Science, New York University
University of Maryland
Baltimore County
P
University of Wales (formerly
University College of North Wales)
Keio University, Tokyo,
Japan
Department of Psychology
1
10545 Rivulet Row
NSF Grant GB‑3614,
Response independence, 1965‑1967
NSF Grant GB‑43251,
Varied reinforcers and choice, 1974‑1976
NSF Grant BNS76‑09723,
Maintenance of behavior: Temporal factors, 1976‑1979
NSF Grants BNS82‑03385
and BNS85‑06724, Free‑choice versus forced-choice preference,
1982‑1986
NSF Grant BNS86‑07517
(with E. Shimoff), Differential reinforcement along two response dimensions,
1986‑1988
NIH Grant MH‑13613,
Interactions in concurrent performances, 1967‑1970
NIH Grant MH‑18506,
Elicitation and learning, 1970‑1973
NIH Grant MH‑33086,
Behavior structure, 1979‑1981
NIH Grant MH‑37256,
Free‑choice preference, 1982‑1983
UMBC GRA Award, Development
of language function in normal children and children with behavioral disorders,
1991-92; 1992‑1993
Basic Research Grant, Cambridge
Center for Behavioral Studies, Reinforcement contingencies and higher-order
response classes, 1992-1993
British Council Fellowship,
1986
James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical
Award, 1986‑1987
Fulbright Senior Research
Fellowship (US ‑ UK), 1986‑1987
First Prize, Fulbright
British‑English and American‑English Vocabulary Competition, 1987
Outstanding Contributor
to Behavior Analysis, Northern California Association for Behavior Analysis,
1990
Outstanding Scientific
Contributions to Psychology Award, Maryland Psychological Association, 1993
The Don F. Hake Basic/Applied
Research Award, Division 25 of the American Psychological Association, 1998
Master Lecturer, Animal
Learning and Behavior, American Psychological Association, 1998
Listed in Who’s Who
in America, ...in the World, ...in the East, Encyclopedia
of Psychology (2nd ed., Wiley, 1994), and other biographical
references
Outstanding Contribution
to Training Award, Kennedy Krieger Institute, 2003
Reviewing and Editing
NIMH Small Grants Committee,
Member, 1970‑1974
NSF‑NRC Postdoctoral
Fellowship Committee, 1980
NSF Psychobiology Advisory
Panel, 1982‑1985
Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior
Editor, 1966‑1969; Review Editor, 1969‑1976, 1983‑1991;
Board of Editors, 1964‑1966, 1977‑1979
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Associate Editor for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1980‑
Co-Editor (with S. Harnad), Special 1984 Issue, Behavior and the
selective role of the environment. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 7,
473‑724
Psycoloquy (electronic journal): Associate
Editor, 1999‑
Analysis of Verbal Behavior
Board of Editors, 1985‑1989; Advisory Board, 1991-1996
Board of Editors
Behaviorism, 1972‑1989
Behavior and Philosophy, 2001-
The Behavior Analyst, 1980‑1983; 1996-1999
European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 2002-
International Journal of Psychology and Psychological
Therapy,
2001-
European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 2002-
Guest reviewer, 1962- :
Various agencies and journals
William S. Verplanck Glossary/Thesaurus
Project (University of Akron and Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies). Editor-in-Chief, 1999-
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
AND ORGANIZATIONS
Organizations
Society for the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior
President, 1966-1967, 1981‑1983
Board of Directors, 1966‑1974, 1978‑1986, 1987‑1995,
1997-2005
Vice-President of Society and Vice-Chair of Board, 2002-2004
American Psychological Association
Fellow, Divisions 3, 25, 28; Distinguished Visitor Program; Board
of Scientific Affairs CARE Committee, 1978‑1981; Committee on Research
Support, 1983
Division 25 (Experimental Analysis of Behavior)
Eastern Psychological Association
Board of Directors, 1979-1982
Association for Behavior
Analysis
President (-Elect, Past) 1981‑1984
Chair, Publication Board, 1991-1995
ABA Curmudgeon, 2001-
Society for Quantitative
Analyses of Behavior
Behavior Analysis Certification
Board
Contributor of certification examination materials, 2003
Maryland Association for
Behavior Analysis
President-elect, President, Past-President, 2001-2003
American Psychological
Society
Charter Member and Fellow.
Language Origins Society
Program Chair, 1996 Annual Meeting
Board of Directors, 1997-1998
Cambridge Center for Behavioral
Studies
Board of Trustees, 1999-
Phi Beta Kappa (Fellow)
Psychonomic Society
Sigma Xi.
Books
Catania, A. C. (Ed.) (1968). Contemporary research in operant
behavior. Glenview, Illinois: Scott,
Foresman.
Spanish edition: (1980).
Investigacion contemporanea en conducta operante (Jorge Brash, trans.).
Mexico: Editorial Trillas.
Catania, A. C., & Brigham, T. A. (Eds.) (1978). Handbook
of applied behavior analysis: Social and instructional processes. New
York: Irvington.
Catania, A. C. (1979). Learning. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice‑Hall.
Catania, A. C. (1984). Learning (2nd ed.). Englewood
Cliffs, NJ: Prentice‑Hall.
Catania, A. C., & Harnad, S. (Eds.). (1988). The selection
of behavior: the operant behaviorism of B. F. Skinner. New York: Cambridge
University Press.
Catania, A. C. (1992). Learning (3rd ed.). Englewood
Cliffs, NJ: Prentice‑Hall.
Catania, A. C., & Hineline, P. N. (Eds.) (1996). Variations
and selections: An anthology of reviews from the Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior. Bloomington, IN: Society for the Experimental Analysis
of Behavior.
Catania, A. C. (1998). Learning (4th ed.). Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Portuguese edition: (1999)
Aprendizagem (D. d. G. de Souza,
trans.). Porto Alegre, Brazil: Editora Artes Medicas.
Laties, V. G., & Catania, A. C. (Eds.) (1999). B. F. Skinner’s
Cumulative record (Definitive Edition). Cambridge, MA: B. F. Skinner
Foundation.
Catania, A. C. (Ed.) (2000) William S. Verplanck glossary/thesaurus
of behavioral terms (CD-ROM). Columbia, MD: CMS Software.
Catania, A. C. (1987). Instrumental conditioning. McGraw-Hill
Encyclopedia of science and technology (6th ed.), Vol. 9 (ICE-LEO),
(pp. 228-229). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Catania, A. C. (1992). Reinforcement. In L. Squire (Ed.) Encyclopedia
of learning and memory. (pp. 558-562). New York: Macmillan.
Catania, A. C. (1994). Natural selection. In R. J. Corsini
(Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology (2nd ed.) (Vol. 2, pp.
452-455). NY: Wiley.
Catania, A. C. (1999). Attenzione (Attention; in Italian). In
P. Parisi et al. (Eds.) L’Universo del Corpo, Vol II (pp. 377-378).
Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.
Catania, A. C. (1999). Analisi Sperimentale del Comportamento
(Experimental Analysis of Behavior; in Italian). In P. Parisi et al. (Eds.)
L’Universo del Corpo, Vol II (pp. 773-776). Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia
Italiana.
Catania, A. C. (2000). Behavior analysis. In Alan E. Kazdin (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of psychology, Volume 1 ABORTI-BYSTAN (pp. 386-388). Washington,
DC: American Psychological Association/New York: Oxford University Press.
Catania, A. C. (2000). Cumulative record. In Alan E. Kazdin (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of psychology, Volume 2 CALKIN-DETERM (pp. 413-414). Washington,
DC: American Psychological Association/New York: Oxford University Press.
Catania, A. C. (2000). Law of Effect. In Alan E. Kazdin (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of psychology, Volume 4 GOVERN-LEARNE (498-499). Washington,
DC: American Psychological Association/New York: Oxford University Press.
Catania, A. C. (2002). Skinner, Burrhus Frederic. Encyclopedia
of cognitive science. London: Macmillan.
Catania, A. C. (in press). Experience. In P. Parisi et al. (Eds.)
L’Universo del Corpo. Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.
Chapters
Catania, A. C. (1966). Concurrent operants. In W. K. Honig (Ed.),
Operant behavior: Areas of research and application (pp. 213‑270).
New York: Appleton‑Century‑Crofts.
Catania, A. C. (1970).
Reinforcement schedules and psychophysical judgments: A study of some temporal
properties of behavior. In W. N. Schoenfeld (Ed.), The theory of reinforcement
schedules (pp. 1‑42). New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
Catania, A. C. (1970). The concept of inhibition in the analysis
of operant interactions. In Schedule‑induced and schedule‑dependent
phenomena. Vol. 2 (pp. 245‑249). Toronto: Addiction Research Foundation.
Catania, A. C. (1971). Discriminative stimulus properties of drugs:
Interpretations I. In T. Thompson & R. Pickens (Eds.), Stimulus properties
of drugs (pp. 149‑155). New York: Appleton‑Century‑Crofts.
Catania, A. C. (1971). Elicitation, reinforcement and stimulus
control. In R. Glaser (Ed.), The nature of reinforcement (pp. 196‑220).
New York: Academic Press.
Catania, A. C. (1973). The nature of learning. In J. A. Nevin
& G. S. Reynolds (Eds.), The study of behavior: Learning, motivation,
emotion and instinct (pp. 31‑68). Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman.
Catania, A. C. (1977). Verhaltensanalyse der Sprache. (Language:
A behavioral analysis, H. H. Henschen, Trans.) In H. Zeier (Ed.), Pawlow
und die Folgen (pp. 342‑382). Zurich: Kindler Verlag.
Catania, A. C. (1980). Operant theory: Skinner. In G. M. Gazda
& R. Corsini (Eds.), Comparative theories of learning (pp. 135‑177).
Itasca, IL: F. E. Peacock.
Catania, A. C. (1980). Freedom of choice: A behavioral analysis.
In G. H. Bower (Ed.), The psychology of learning and motivation. Volume
14 (pp. 97‑145). New York: Academic Press.
Catania, A. C. (1981). The flight from experimental analysis.
In C. M. Bradshaw, E. Szabadi, & C. F. Lowe (Eds.), Quantification
of steady-state operant behaviour (pp. 49‑64). Amsterdam: Elsevier/North‑Holland.
Catania, A. C., & Keller, K. J. (1981). Contingency, contiguity,
correlation, and the concept of causation. In P. Harzem and M. D. Zeiler (Eds.),
Predictability, correlation, and contiguity. Advances in analysis of behaviour,
Volume 2 (pp. 125‑167). Chichester: Wiley.
Catania, A. C. (1983). Behavior analysis and behavior synthesis
in the extrapolation from animal to human behavior. In G. Davey (Ed.), Animal
models of human behavior (pp. 51‑69). Chichester: Wiley.
Reprinted in translation
in: Anguera, M. T., & Vea, J. J. (Eds.) (1984). Conducta animal
y representeciones mentales. Barcelona: Promociones Publicaciones Universitarias.
Catania, A. C. (1985). The two psychologies of learning: Blind
alleys and nonsense syllables. In S. Koch & D. E. Leary (Eds.), A century
of psychology as science (pp. 322‑335). New York: McGraw‑Hill.
Catania, A. C. (1985). Rule‑governed behavior and the origins
of language. In C. F. Lowe, M. Richelle, D. E. Blackman & C. Bradshaw
(Eds.), Behavior analysis and contemporary psychology (pp. 135‑156).
Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Catania, A. C., & Cerutti, D. (1986). Some nonverbal properties
of verbal behavior. In T. Thompson & M. D. Zeiler (Eds.), Analysis
and integration of behavioral units (pp. 185‑211). Hillsdale, NJ:
Erlbaum.
Catania, A. C., Shimoff, E. H., & Matthews, B. A. (1989).
An experimental analysis of rule‑governed behavior. In S. C. Hayes (Ed.),
Rule‑governed behavior: Cognition, contingencies and instructional
control (pp. 119‑150). New York: Plenum.
Catania, A. C., Matthews, B. A., & Shimoff, E. (1990). Properties
of rule‑governed behaviour and their implications. In D. E. Blackman
& H. Lejeune (Eds.) Behaviour analysis in theory and practice: Contributions
and controversies (pp. 215-230). Hove & London, UK: Erlbaum.
Catania, A. C. (1991). The phylogeny and ontogeny of language
function. In N. A. Krasnegor, D. M. Rumbaugh, R. L. Schiefelbusch, & M.
Studdert-Kennedy (Eds.). Biological and behavioral determinants of language
development (pp. 263-285). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Catania, A. C. (1991). Time as a variable in behavior control.
In I. H. Iversen & K. A. Lattal (Eds.) Experimental analysis of behavior.
Part 2. (pp. 1-19). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier.
Catania, A. C. (1991). Glossary. In I. H. Iversen & K. A.
Lattal (Eds.) Experimental analysis of behavior. Part 2. (pp. G1-G44).
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier.
Chapters (continued)
Catania, A. C. (1994). The natural and artificial selection of
verbal behavior. In Hayes, S. C., Hayes, L. J., Sato, M., & Ono, K. (Eds.)
Behavior analysis of language and cognition (pp. 31-49). Reno, NV:
Context Press.
Catania, A. C. (1995). Selection in biology and behavior. In J.
T. Todd & E. K. Morris (Eds.), Modern perspectives on B. F. Skinner
and contemporary behaviorism (pp. 185-194). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Catania, A. C. (1996). On the origins of behavior structure. In
T. R. Zentall & P. Smeets (Eds.) Stimulus class formation in humans
and animals (pp. 3-12). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Shimoff, E., & Catania, A. C. (1998). The verbal governance
of behavior. In K. A. Lattal & M. Perone (Eds.) Handbook of research
methods in human operant behavior (pp. 371-404). New York: Plenum.
Catania, A. C. (1998). The taxonomy of verbal behavior. In K.
A. Lattal & M. Perone (Eds.) Handbook of research methods in human
operant behavior (pp. 405-433). New York: Plenum.
Catania, A. C. (2000). Ten points every behavior analyst needs
to remember about reinforcement. In J. C. Leslie & D. Blackman (eds.)
Experimental and applied analyses of human behavior (pp. 23-37). Reno,
NV: Context Press.
Catania, A. C. (2001). Three varieties of selection and their
implications for the origins of language. In G. Györi (Ed.) Language evolution:
Biological, linguistic and philosophical perspectives (pp. 55-71).
New York/Bern: Peter Lang.
Catania, A. C. (2003). Verbal governance, verbal shaping, and
attention to verbal stimuli. In K. A. Lattal & P. N. Chase (Eds.), Behavior
theory and philosophy (pp. 301-321). New York: Kluwer/Academic Press.
Lane, H. L., Catania, A. C., & Stevens, S. S. (1961). Voice level:
Autophonic scale, perceived loudness, and effects of sidetone. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America, 33, 160‑167.
Catania, A. C. (1961). Behavioral contrast in a multiple and concurrent
schedule of reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
4, 335‑342. (based on Ph.D. dissertation: Characteristics of
performances under combined multiple and concurrent scheduling of reinforcement)
Catania, A. C., & Cutts,
D. (1963). Experimental control of superstitious responding in humans. Journal
of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 6, 203‑208.
Catania, A. C. (1963).
Concurrent performances: Reinforcement interaction and response independence.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 6, 252‑263.
Catania, A. C. (1963).
Concurrent performances: A baseline for the study of reinforcement magnitude.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 6, 299‑300.
Catania, A. C. (1963).
Techniques for the control of monocular and binocular viewing in the pigeon.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 6, 627‑629.
Catania, A. C. (1964).
On the visual acuity of the pigeon. Journal of the Experimental Analysis
of Behavior, 7, 361‑366.
Catania, A. C., & Gill,
C. A. (1964). Inhibition and behavioral contrast. Psychonomic Science,
1, 257‑258.
Catania, A. C. (1965).
Interocular transfer of discriminations in the pigeon. Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior, 8, 147‑155.
Catania, A. C., Deegan,
J. F., & Cook, L. (1966). Concurrent fixed‑ratio and avoidance responding
in the squirrel monkey. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
9, 227‑234.
Catania, A. C., & Reynolds,
G. S. (1968). A quantitative analysis of the behavior maintained by interval
schedules of reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
11, 327‑383.
Catania, A. C., Matthews,
T. J., Silverman, P. J., & Yohalem, R. (1977). Yoked variable‑interval
and variable‑ratio responding in pigeons. Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior, 28, 155‑161.
Catania, A. C. (1978).
The psychology of learning: Some lessons from the Darwinian revolution. Annals
of the New York Academy of Sciences, 309, 18‑28.
Catania, A. C., Yohalem,
R., & Silverman, P. J. (1980). Contingency and stimulus change in chained
schedules of reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
33, 213‑219.
Catania, A. C., & Sagvolden,
T. (1980). Preference for free choice over forced choice in pigeons. Journal
of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 34, 77‑86.
Jans, J. E., & Catania,
A. C. (1980). Short‑term remembering of discriminative stimuli in the
pigeon. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 34,
177‑183.
Catania, A. C. (1980).
Autoclitic processes and the structure of behavior. Behaviorism, 8,
175‑186.
Shimoff, E., Catania, A.
C., & Matthews, B. A. (1981). Uninstructed human responding: Sensitivity
of low‑rate performance to schedule contingencies. Journal of the
Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 36, 207-220.
Bloom, H. S., Criswell,
E. L., Pennypacker, H. S., Catania, A. C., & Adams, C. K. (1982).
Major stimulus dimensions determining detection of simulated breast lesions.
Perception and Psychophysics, 32, 251‑260.
Catania, A. C., Matthews,
B. A., & Shimoff, E. (1982). Instructed versus shaped human verbal behavior:
Interactions with nonverbal responding. Journal of the Experimental Analysis
of Behavior, 38, 233‑248.
Catania, A. C., & Reich, G. M. (1982). Key area versus number of
keys in the pigeon’s preference for free choice over forced‑choice:
A preliminary study. Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis, 8,
127‑132.
Catania, A. C., Owens, M., & von Lossberg, V. (1983). Autoshaping:
Baseline for the study of stimulus preference. Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior, 39, 251‑256.
Catania, A. C. (1984). The operant behaviorism of B. F. Skinner. Behavioral
and Brain Sciences, 7, 473‑475.
Catania, A. C. (1984). Problems of selection and phylogeny, terms and
methods of behaviorism. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 7, 713‑717.
Matthews, B. A., Catania, A. C., & Shimoff, E. (1985). Effects
of uninstructed verbal behavior on nonverbal responding: Contingency descriptions
versus performance descriptions. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of
Behavior, 43, 155‑164.
Catania, A. C. (1986). On the difference between verbal and nonverbal
behavior. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 4, 2‑9.
Shimoff, E., Matthews, B. A., & Catania, A. C. (1986). Human operant
performance: Sensitivity and pseudosensitivity to contingencies. Journal
of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 46, 149‑157.
Cerutti, D., & Catania, A. C. (1986). Rapid determinations of preference
in multiple concurrent‑chain schedules. Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior, 46, 211‑218.
Catania, A. C. (1987). Some Darwinian lessons for behavior analysis.
A review of Peter J. Bowler’s The eclipse of Darwinism. Journal
of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 47, 249‑257.
Matthews, B. A., Shimoff, E., & Catania, A. C. (1987). Saying and
doing: A contingency‑space analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior
Analysis, 20, 69‑74.
Catania, A. C., Shimoff, E., and Matthews, B. A. (1987). Correspondences
between definitions and procedures: A reply to Stokes, Osnes, and Guevremont.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 20, 401‑404.
Catania, A. C., Sagvolden, T., & Keller, K. J. (1988). Reinforcement
schedules: retroactive and proactive effects of reinforcers inserted into
fixed‑interval performances. Journal of the Experimental Analysis
of Behavior, 49, 49‑73.
Catania, A. C. (1988). “The Behavior of Organisms” as work in progress.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 50, 277‑281.
Catania, A. C., Horne, P., & Lowe, C. F. (1989). Transfer of function
across members of an equivalence class. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior,
7, 99‑110.
Catania, A. C., Lowe,
C. F., & Horne, P. (1990). Nonverbal behavior correlated with the shaped
verbal behavior of children. Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 8,
43-55.
Catania, A. C. (1991). The gifts of culture and of eloquence: An open
letter to Michael J. Mahoney in reply to his article, “Scientific psychology
and radical behaviorism.” The Behavior Analyst, 14, 61-72.
Catania, A. C. (in press).
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Delay-of-reinforcement gradients
and other behavioral mechanisms. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
Catania, A. C. (in press).
Antecedents and consequences of words. European Journal of
Behavior Analysis, 5.
Catania, A. C. (1969).
On the vocabulary and the grammar of behavior. Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior, 12, 845‑846.
Catania, A. C. (1972).
Review of B. F. Skinner’s Cumulative Record (3rd ed.). Behavioral
Science Book Service.
Catania, A. C. (1974).
Beyond reinforcement, behind schedule. Review of J. L. Williams, Operant
learning: Procedures for changing behavior. Contemporary Psychology,
19, 382‑383.
Catania, A. C. (1976).
On attending at the “having” of reviews. Journal of the Experimental Analysis
of Behavior, 26, 317‑320. (editorial)
Catania, A. C. (1977).
Verbal behavior is alive and well. Review of S. Winokur’s A primer of verbal
behavior: An operant view. Contemporary Psychology, 22,
9‑10.
Catania, A. C. (1978).
Explanation in psychology. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1,
55‑56. (commentary on Bindra)
Catania, A. C. (1980).
The explanation of motivation and the motivation of explanation. Behavioral
and Brain Sciences, 3, 304. (commentary on Bolles & Fanselow)
Catania, A. C. (1980).
On citing the literature. Behavior Analyst, 3, 63‑64.
Catania, A. C. (1981).
Review of Reinforcement and the organization of behaviour. Advances in
analysis of behaviour, Volume 1 edited by M. D. Zeiler and P. Harzem.
Quarterly Review of Biology, 56, 101.
Catania, A. C. (1982).
Antimisrepresentationalism. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 5,
374‑375. (commentary on Roitblat)
Catania, A. C. (1983).
Is not‑responding behavior? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 6,
321‑322. (commentary on Rachlin, Battalio, Kagel, & Green)
Catania, A. C. (1984).
Conceivable book reviews. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
42, 165‑169. (editorial)
Catania, A. C. (1986).
Verbal interactions and nonverbal behavior. In P. N. Chase & L. J. Parrott
(Eds.), Psychological aspects of language (pp. 206‑208). Springfield,
IL: Charles C. Thomas.
Catania, A. C. (1986).
Viewing behaviorism selectively. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 9,
701‑702. (commentary on Zuriff)
Catania, A. C. (1987).
Editorial selections. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
48, 481‑483.
Catania, A. C., & Shimoff,
E. (1988). Why contingencies won’t go away. Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
11, 450‑451. (commentary on Gardner & Gardner)
Shimoff, E., & Catania,
A. C. (1988). Self‑control and the panda’s thumb. Behavioral and
Brain Sciences, 11, 693. (commentary on Logue)
Catania, A. C. (1989).
Selections, intentions, intuitions, and chaos: Some capsule reviews. Journal
of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 52, 77‑79.
Catania, A. C. (1989).
Speaking of behavior. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
52, 193‑196.
Catania, A. C., Matthews,
B. A., & Shimoff, E. (1989). Mything the point about rule‑governed
behavior: A reply to Buskist and DeGrandpre. Experimental Analysis of Human
Behavior Bulletin, 7, 22‑23.
Catania, A. C. (1989).
Rules as classes of verbal behavior: A reply to Glenn. Analysis of Verbal
Behavior, 7, 49‑50.
Catania, A. C. (1990).
What good is five percent of a language competence? Behavioral and Brain
Sciences, 13, 729-731. (commentary on Pinker & Bloom)
Catania, A. C. (1990).
What Skinner said. Division 25 Recorder, 24/25 (Fall), 26-27.
Catania, A. C. (1990, Oct
16). The environment matters: A reply to Norman. Psycoloquy, 1(#4).
(electronic journal)
Catania, A. C. (1991).
Contingent reviews. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
56, 591-598.
Harrison, J. M., Brady,
J. V., Catania, A. C., & Dews, P. B. (1992). Recollections of B. F. Skinner.
Integrative Physiology and Behavioral Science, 27, 258-266.
Catania, A. C. (1993).
Approaching Skinner. Review of R. D. Nye’s The legacy of B. F. Skinner.
Contemporary Psychology, 38, 779-780.
Catania, A. C. (1994, 4
July). Information, cognition and behavior: Telling what they want to hear
(book review of Giere on cognitive models of science). Psycoloquy, 5(39) (psyc.94.5.39.scientific-cognition.5.catania).
(electronic journal)
Catania, A. C. (1994).
The aware pigeon. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 17, 400‑401.
Catania, A. C. (1995).
Lashley on serial order and Skinner on verbal behavior. American Psychologist,
50, 178.
Catania, A. C. (1995).
Single words, multiple words, and the functions of language. Behavioral
and Brain Sciences, 18, 184-185. (commentary on Wilkins & Wakefield)
Catania, A. C. (1998).
Misnomer. Review of Naming the mind: How psychology found its language
by Kurt Danziger. American Scientist., 86, 388.
Catania, A. C. (2000) Metaphors, models and mathematics
in the science of behavior. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23,
94-95. (commentary on Nevin & Grace)
Catania, A. C. (2001).
Positive psychology and positive reinforcement. American Psychologist,
56, 86-87.
Catania, A. C. (2001).
Selection as a cause and the causes of selection. Behavioral and Brain
Sciences, 24, 533. (commentary on Hull, Langman & Glenn)
Catania, A. C. (2001).
I think I am a behaviorist, therefore I am. Review of The new behaviorism,
by John Staddon. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 2, 267-270.
Catania, A. C. (in press).
Why behavior should matter to linguists. Behavioral and Brain Sciences
(commentary on Jackendoff).
Catania, A. C. (in press).
An extension to human affairs: B. F. Skinner’s “Science and
Human Behavior.” Metapsicologia (website).
Catania, A. C. (1961).
Effects of component duration on multiple schedule performance. American
Psychologist, 16, 414. (abstract)
Catania, A. C. (1962).
Solution to a weighty problem. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of
Behavior, 5, 480.
Catania, A. C. (1965).
Stealing from pigeon feeders: A preventive measure. Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior, 8, 324.
Riddle, W. C., Rednick,
A. B., Catania, A. C., & Tucker, S. J. (1966). Complete squirrel monkey
diet in tablet form. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
9, 670.
Catania, A. C., & Zimbardo,
G. G. (1972). Applications of matrix switching. Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior, 17, 23‑24.
Catania, A. C. (1972).
Switching circuitry. JSAS Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology,
2, 4. (Journal Supplement Abstract Service Manuscript No. 53. 67 pp.)
Catania, A. C. (1974, Mar
29). (Untitled article). UMBC Observer, 2(12).
Catania, A. C. (1975‑76).
Fixed‑interval schedules: index of curvature; IRT statistics; etc. (Programs
02073A, 02075A, 02306A, 03485, 03704A, 03705A). HP‑65 Users Library.
Cupertino, CA: Hewlett‑Packard.
Catania, A. C. (1976, Sep).
On Hull and Skinner. Proceedings in Symposium: The Hullians and Skinnerians
in psychology. PBD Society of Japan (delivered in absentia).
Hall, D. C., Goldstein,
M. K., & Stein, G. H., with the Gainesville Behavioral Medicine Study
Group ‑ Breast Section.* (1977). Progress in manual breast examination.
Cancer, 40, 364‑370 (*Adams, C. K., Hench, L. H., Madden,
M. C., Pennypacker, H. S., & Catania, A. C.).
Catania, A. C. (1980).
Behavior analysis of free‑choice preference. Research Report, Department
of Psychiatry, Østmarka Hospital, University of Trondheim, Norway. Excerpted
as, En empirisk analyse av fritt‑valg preferanser. Sandoz‑informasjon
fra Forskning og Praksis, 4, 9‑10.
Catania, A. C. (1981).
A cogito‑behavioro‑summing up. The Behavior Analyst, 4,
153‑154; revised from (1978). Division 25 Recorder, 14(1),
2‑3.
Catania, A. C. (1984, Feb
9). Letter to the Editor. Baltimore Sun, p. A18.
Catania, A. C. (1987).
Inversion of the three‑term contingency. The Behavior Analyst,
10, 197.
Matthews, B. A., Shimoff,
E., & Catania, A. C. (1987). Sociology on a disk (computer programs
in introductory sociology). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice‑Hall. (Version
2.0 published 1989, CMS Software)
Shimoff, E., Catania, A.
C., & Matthews, B. A. (1987). Psychology on a disk (computer programs
in introductory psychology). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice‑Hall. (Version
2.0 published 1989, CMS Software)
Catania, A. C. (1988).
George S. Reynolds, 1936‑1987. Journal of the Experimental Analysis
of Behavior, 49, 4.
Catania, A. C., Matthews,
B. A., & Shimoff, E. (1989). Behavior on a disk (computer programs
in the psychology of learning). Ellicott City, MD: CMS Software.
Shimoff, E., Matthews,
B. A., & Catania, A. C. (1990). Computer activities for introductory psychology:
Design considerations. ERIC document ED 325 169 (abstracted in Resources
in Education, March 1991).
Catania, A. C. (1991, Fall).
Politics is the art of the possible. Division 25 Recorder, 26(3),
30.
Shimoff, E., Catania, A.
C., & Matthews, B. A. (1991). Interactive Psychology (computer
programs in introductory psychology). New York: Norton.
Shimoff, E., Catania, A.
C., & Matthews, B. A. (1992). Psychology on a disk, Version 4.0
(computer programs in introductory psychology). Columbia, MD: CMS Software.
Matthews,
B. A., Shimoff, E., & Catania, A. C. (1992). Sociology on a disk, Version
4.0 (computer programs in introductory sociology). Columbia, MD: CMS Software.
Shimoff, E. H., Matthews,
B. A., & Catania, A. C. (1993). The psychology disk (computer programs
in introductory psychology). Dubuque, IA: Brown & Benchmark.
Catania, A. C. (1994).
Psychological explanation. In R. H. Ettinger, R. L. Crooks & J. Stein,
Psychology: Science, behavior and life (3rd ed.) (pp. 24‑28).
Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace.
Catania, A. C. (1996).
Fred S. Keller, teacher. Division 25 Recorder, 31(2), 6-7.
Catania, A. C. (1997).
Division 25: Past and future. Division 25 Recorder, 32(1), 1,4-5.
Catania, A. C. (1997).
A behavior-analytic crostic. Division 25 Recorder, 32(2), 16-17.
Catania, A. C. (1997).
Naming, behavior analysis, and conditional stimulus control. Division 25
Recorder, 32(3), 6-7.
Catania, A. C., Matthews,
B. A., & Shimoff, E. (1997). Behavior on a disk: Version 4.0
(computer programs in the psychology of learning). Columbia, MD: CMS
Software.
Catania, A. C. (2000).
Introduction to verbal behavior. www.behavior.org.
Shimoff, E., Catania, A.
C., & Matthews, B. A. (2000). Psychology on a disk and Sociology
on a disk on CD-ROM. Columbia, MD: CMS Software.
Catania, A. C. (2002).
What we do with words: A tutorial on verbal behavior (video). Kalamazoo, MI:
Association for Behavior Analysis.
Catania, A. C. (2003).
Words and other kinds of behavior: Another tutorial on verbal behavior (video).
Kalamazoo, MI: Association for Behavior Analysis.
Association for Behavior Analysis: (with
D. Cerutti) Free choices, forced choices, and coerced choices, Milwaukee,
May 1982; Cultural contingencies and the evolution of behavior analysis (Presidential
address), Milwaukee, May 1983; (Poster, with J. C. Todorov, J. M. Oliviera‑Castro)
Contrast effects in concurrent schedules with fixed relative reinforcement
rate, Nashville, May 1984; (Poster, with K. Ono, D. de Souza, D. T. Cerutti)
Phila., May 1988; Computer simulations of shaping: Implications for theory
and instruction, Columbus, May 1985; (with E. Shimoff, B. A. Matthews) Interactive
computer programs for teaching behavior analysis. Milwaukee, May 1989; (Paper)
Behavioral effects of food sensitivities, Atlanta, May 1991; Symposia: (with
E. Shimoff, B. A. Matthews, D. Cerutti) Differential reinforcement along two
response dimensions, In: Advances in experimental analysis of human behavior,
Milwaukee, May 1986; (with E. Shimoff) Higher-order units of behavior, Phila.,
May 1988; The three‑term contingency in scientific behavior, In Symposium
on Willard Day. Nashville, May 1990; Discussant: Rule-governed behavior; Contextualism,
San Francisco, May 1992; (with E. Shimoff & B. A. Matthews), Educational
software and academic contingencies, In: Behavior analysis and the undergraduate
curriculum, Chicago, May 1993; The selection of selectionism in the 21st
century, In: Behavior Analysis - 2093; Chicago, May 1993; Chair and discussant,
In: Stimulus equivalence, Atlanta, May 1994; Panelist, Teaching behavior analysis,
May 1995; Discussant, Symposium on Derived relations; Issues in behavior development;
Symposium on teaching behavior analysis, San Francisco, May 1996; Symposium
on Human and nonhuman operant behavior; Chicago, May 1997; MA in Applied Behavior
Analysis at UMBC: In Symposium on Behavior Analysis Graduate Programs; (with
E. Shimoff & T. Sagvolden) Delay of reinforcement, hyperactivity, and
attention deficit. In Symposium on Developmental implications of reinforcement delays and other
patterns, Chicago, May 1999; MA in Applied Behavior Analysis at UMBC
(Posters, 1999- ); The Harvard Pigeon Lab in the Early 1960’s, in Symposium:
A Tribute to the Harvard Pigeon Lab, 1948-1998, Washington DC, May 2000; New
Orleans, May 2001; Invited address: When words rule, Discussant, UMBC MA poster,
Toronto, May 2002; Verplanck Panel Chair, San Francisco, May 2003.
Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis: Invited opening address:
Experimental and applied behavior analysis, First annual meeting, Baltimore,
Oct 1998; Poster, UMBC ABA MA, Baltimore, Oct 1999-2002; Invited address (with
E. Shimoff). Experiments on college teaching from a behavioral perspective.
Baltimore, Oct 2000; Invited address. Everything you wanted to know about
delay of reinforcement but were afraid to ask, Baltimore, Oct 2001; Presidential
remarks, Symposium on graduate programs in behavior analysis, Baltimore, Oct
2002.
British Experimental Analysis of Behaviour
Group: Exeter, Mar 1980; Cambridge, Mar 1982; Manchester, Mar
1987; London, Mar 1993, Apr 1995 (invited papers); Verbal behaviour and discriminations
of one’s own behavior: Phylogenic and ontogenic origins of language. London,
Apr 1992.
European Experimental Analysis of Behaviour meetings, invited papers: Liege, Jul 1983, Jul 1988; Dublin, 1997: Keynote Address, What every behavior analyst needs to know about reinforcement. Amiens, France, Jul 2000: Paper in Memorial Symposium for Ullin Place. European Association for Behavior Analysis (First meeting). Verbal behavior: Antecedents and consequences (Keynote Address), Parma, Italy, Jul 2003.
American Psychological Association: Operant
extinction and the concept of inhibition, In Symposium: Current status of
central inhibition. New York, 1961; On being behavioral in nonbehavioral places.
Div 25 Presidential Address (B.F. Skinner, Chair; Fall 1979 Div 25 Recorder,
14(4), 2‑3), Toronto, Aug 1978; (Div 3 New Fellows Address) Productivity,
sequential coordination and deep structure in nonverbal discriminations, Los
Angeles, Aug 1981; The language of reinforcement: Some raids on the inarticulate,
In Memorial Symposium for C. B. Ferster. Washington DC, Aug 1982; Invited
addresses, Creating new behavior: Interactions between verbal behavior and
nonverbal contingencies; Selection of behavior: The new selectionist paradigm
for psychology, Centennial Convention, Washington DC, Aug 1992; What every
psychologist needs to know about reinforcement, Div 25 Presidential Address,
Chicago, Aug 1997; Master lecture on animal learning: Reinforcement isn’t
everything but extinction isn’t anything; Div 25 Hake award address: Behavior
synthesis: creation of new behavior through selection. Chair, Symposium on
Thorndike’s Centennial legacy. San Francisco, Aug 1998.
American Psychological Society: Verbal behavior,
selection, and intentional systems, In Symposium: Some connections and parallels
in the biobehavioral sciences, 1st annual meeting, Arlington, Jun
1989.
British Experimental Analysis of Behaviour
Group: Exeter, Mar 1980; Cambridge, Mar 1982; Manchester, Mar
1987; London, Mar 1993, Apr 1995 (invited papers); Verbal behaviour and discriminations
of one’s own behavior: Phylogenic and ontogenic origins of language. London,
Apr 1992.
European Experimental Analysis of Behaviour
meetings, invited papers: Liege, Jul 1983, Jul 1988; Dublin, 1997: Keynote
Address, What every behavior analyst needs to know about reinforcement. Amiens,
France, Jul 2000: Paper in Memorial Symposium for Ullin Place. European Association
for Behavior Analysis (First meeting). Verbal behavior: Antecedents and consequences
(Keynote Address), Parma, Italy, Jul 2003.
Eastern Psychological Association: Significance
of nonhuman research in analysis of human behavior (Invited address), Philadelphia,
Mar 1990; Symposia, Regarding B. F. Skinner; Higher-order classes and language
(Chair and participant), New York, Apr 1991; Keller & Schoenfeld symposium,
Washington, DC, Apr 1997.
Language Origins Society: Phylogenic, ontogenic
and cultural selection of language: What are the units of selection? St. Petersburg,
Russia, July 1993; Paper, Berkeley, CA, Jul 1994; Introductory Address, UMBC,
Jul 1996; Language evolution: the long and the short of it. Tallahassee, FL,
Jun 1998.
Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior:
(with E. Shimoff) A reinforcement paradox: Reinforcement of response property
R on Trial N does not raise the probability of R on Trial N+1, Chicago, May
1993; Responses and time in the quantitative analysis of the delay-of-reinforcement
gradient, San Francisco, May 1996; (Poster, with T. Sagvolden & H. Aase)
Delay of reinforcement and the hyperactivity syndrome, Chicago, May 1997;
(Poster, with E. Shimoff & L. Kowalsky) Delay of reinforcement and reinforcement
magnitude, Chicago, May 1999; Delay of reinforcement and the operant reserve,
New Orleans, May 2001 (Poster). The operant reserve: A simulation, San Francisco,
2003 (Poster). The operant reserve: A computer simulation in (accelerated)
real time. Boston, 2004.
Other: Conditioned Reinforcement Conference (discussant).
U Chicago, Chicago Circle, 1967; Committee on Drug Abuse and Habitual Behavior
Conference, Natl Research Council (discussant). Washington, DC, Jun 1979.
Primer Simposio Bienal
sobre Ciencia de la Conducta: Conducta Humana y Lenguaje. (Invited paper).
Univ Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Feb 1982.
(with D. Dennett). Invited
Session on consciousness and the bicameral mind (J. Jaynes). (Discussant).
Soc Phil Psychol, Johns Hopkins Univ, Jun 1986.
How language insulates
behaviour from its consequences (with E. Shimoff, B. A. Matthews: Proceedings,
Annual Meeting British Psychol Soc, 1987, 4); Free‑choice
preference: explorations of stimuli, parameters, contingencies (with D. de
Souza, K. Ono, D. Cerutti). U Leeds, Liverpool, Southampton, Exeter, Surrey
(Guildford), Liege, Oslo, Messina; Gregynog, Tregynon, Wales; Trinity Coll
Dublin; Goldsmiths’ Coll London; Ruhr U Bochum; Catholic Univ Nijmegen; Netherlands
Inst Brain Research; Catholic U Tilburg; U Sussex; Behav Analysis in Ireland,
U Coll Galway; Oct 1986‑Jun 1987.
Recent trends in analysis
of verbal behavior (Symposium). 18a Reuniao Anual de Psicologia, Campus USP
‑ Riberao Preto, Brasil, Oct‑Nov 1988.
(Invited
address) Advantages and disadvantages of verbal behavior. Northern California
Association for Behavior Analysis, San Francisco, Mar 1990.
Higher-order classes &
novel behavior; Functional properties rule-governed behavior; New selectionist
paradigm for behavior. (Invited addresses). European Congress Behav Therapy,
Oslo, Sep 1991.
(Invited address with E. Shimoff & B. A. Matthews) Educational software and academic contingencies, Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis, Asheville, NC, Oct 1992.
Natural selection and artificial
selection in verbal behavior. 4th Internatl Inst Verbal Relations,
Fuji-Yoshida, Yamanashi, Japan; Invited lecture, Verbal behavior and knowledge.
Komazawa U; Invited address, Some parallels between Darwin’s natural selection
and Skinner’s operant selection. Round Table Discussant: Strategies for animal
language research. Japanese Soc Animal Psychol, Tokyo, Jul-Aug 1992.