Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
J Appl Behav Anal. 2009 Summer;42(2):413-23. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-413.
Analysis and interpretation of behavior-environment relations are increasingly being conducted with data that have been derived descriptively. This paper provides an overview of the logic that underlies a sequential analytic approach to the analysis of descriptive data. Several methods for quantifying sequential relations are reviewed along with their strengths and weaknesses. Data from descriptive analyses are used to illustrate key points. Issues germane to contingency analysis in natural environments are discussed briefly. It is concluded that the conceptual distinctions among contiguity, contingency, and dependency are critical if the logic of sequential analysis is to be extended successfully to a behavior-analytic account of reinforcement in natural environments.
行为-环境关系的分析和解释越来越多地使用描述性数据进行。本文概述了一种用于分析描述性数据的顺序分析方法所依据的逻辑。本文还回顾了几种量化顺序关系的方法及其优缺点。使用描述性分析的数据来说明要点。简要讨论了自然环境中应急分析的相关问题。结论是，如果要成功地将顺序分析的逻辑扩展到自然环境中强化的行为分析解释，那么连续性、偶然性和依存性之间的概念区别是至关重要的。
