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Publications and Presentations
Figure 1. Pivoting away from the behavior stream as a series of psychological events to interacting, discontinuous patterns.
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ABAI 2026 Annual Convention: San Francisco, CA
Two posters were presented by research assistants. The first, "The Changing Landscape of Editorial Practices: An Exploratory Analysis of Editor Behavior in ABAI Journals" presented by Nadia Marrero Maring and Jackson Beeler, showed results from a project examining the publishing practices of ABAI journal editors in the journals they lead. The second, "An Exploratory Analysis of Social Discounting and Citing Behavior: Extending Social Discounting to Academic Referencing" presented by Alexander Hopes, showed results from a project examining parallels between social discounting and citation practices by solo-authors in an ABAI journal. Additionally, Will Fleming presented a paper on what an orientation is as part of a symposium, "On Definitions."
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Issues of Systematization in Culturo-Behavior Science
This invited paper outlines theoretical and empirical challenges for culturo-behavior science and proposes that these challenges can be overcome in a molar subenterprise. The importance of molar logic for preserving cultural diversity is also discussed.
Fleming, W. (2025). Issues of systematization in culturo-behavior science. Behavior and Social Issues, 34(2), 761-778. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42822-025-00207-7
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An Interbehavioral Science of Sociocultural Relations as Referential Events
This paper examines how a Kantorian conceptualization of referential events can be applied to understanding sociocultural phenomena.
Fleming, W., Thomas, J., Abdala, M., & Filho, H. B. N. (2025). An interbehavioral science of sociocultural relations as referential events. Acta Comportamentalia, 33(2), 253–274. https://doi.org/10.32870/ac.v33i2.88581
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Does Relational Frame Theory (RFT) and Interbehavioral Experimentation Need to be More Molar?
This presentation asked the question, "Is Kantor's psychological field equation enough to describe matching, other forms of molar organization, or focal relations of IRAP research?" We think not.
Fleming, W. (2025, May). Does relational frame theory (RFT) and interbehavioral experimentation need to be more molar? Paper presented at the Annual Convention for the Association of Behavior Analysis International, Washington, DC.
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ABAI 2024 Theory and Philosophy Conference: Chicago, IL
Two posters presented two alternative conceptualizations of sociocultural relations: one based on Kantorian interbehaviorism and one based on orientationalism.
Thomas, J., Fleming, W., Abdala, M., Filho, H. B. N., & Hayes, L. J. (2024, October). Interbehavioral alternatives to metacontingency models, pt. 1: Sociocultural relations as referential events. Poster presented at the Theory and Philosophy Conference for the Association of Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, Il.
Fleming, W. (2024, October). Interbehavioral alternatives to metacontingency models, pt. 2: Sociocultural relations as shared orientations. Poster presented at the Theory and Philosophy Conference for the Association of Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, Il.
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Absurd Camusian Thoughts on Contextual Behavior Science
This paper used similarities between Camusian absurdism and contextual behavioral science to analyze potential hegemonic scientific practices and to advocate for data collection on how community values change in relation to such practices.
Fleming, W., & Hayes, L. J. (2024). Absurd Camusian thoughts on contextual behavioral science. Behavior & Philosophy, 52(1), 10-27. https://behavior.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/BP-V52-2-Fleming-Hayes.pdf