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Behavior analysis and the study of human aging.

Adam Derenne, Alan Baron

The Behavior Analyst

|April 6, 2012

Summary

Behavior analysts are urged to study aging as a developmental process, not just deficit remediation. This research is crucial for understanding behavioral changes across the lifespan.

Area of Science:

Behavioral science
Gerontology
Developmental psychology

Background:

Growing interest in the aging population among psychologists and social scientists.
Behavior analysis has historically focused on age-related deficits, neglecting aging as a developmental process.
Limited engagement with core gerontological questions regarding behavioral changes over time.

Purpose of the Study:

To address the neglect of aging as a developmental process within behavior analysis.
To explore theoretical questions central to gerontology, such as how behavior changes with age.
To encourage behavior analysts to investigate the sources of age-related behavioral changes.

Main Methods:

Reviewing existing research and theoretical frameworks in gerontology and behavior analysis.

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Examining the methodological constraints within behavior analysis that may hinder the study of age.

Proposing strategies to adapt behavior-analytic research designs to incorporate age as a variable.

Main Results:

Identified a gap in behavior-analytic research concerning aging as a developmental phenomenon.
Highlighted the challenge of experimentally manipulating 'age' as a variable in traditional behavior-analytic studies.
Presented potential methodological adaptations for behavior analysts to study aging.

Conclusions:

Aging is a critical area that behavior analysts should actively research.
Behavior analysts can adapt their methodologies to investigate aging as a developmental process.
Addressing aging is essential for understanding human development across the lifespan.