Henry D. Schlinger, Ph.D., BCBA (hschlin@calstatela.edu). Dr. Schlinger’s research interests include basic learning processes, schedules of reinforcement, conceptual issues in behavior analysis and psychology, rule-governed behavior, and verbal behavior. Dr. Schlinger has published basic research and theoretical articles in journals such as the American Psychologist, the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, The Behavior Analyst, The Journal of Mind and Behavior, and The Psychological Record. He currently serves as Associate Editor of The Behavior Analyst.
BOOKS:
Schlinger, H. D., & Poling, A. (1998). Introduction to scientific
psychology. New York: Plenum.
Schlinger, H. D. (1995). A behavior-analytic view of child development.
New York: Plenum.
Poling, A., Schlinger, H., Starin, S., & Blakely, E. (1990). Psychology:
A behavioral overview. New York: Plenum.
SELECTED ARTICLES:
Schlinger, H. D. (in press).
Theory of mind: An
overview and behavioral perspective. The Psychological Record,
Schlinger, H. D. (in press).
Some clarifications on the role of inner speech in consciousness.
Consciousness and Cognition.
Schlinger, H. D.
(2008). Listening is behaving verbally.
The Behavior Analyst,
31, 145-161.
Schlinger, H. D. (2008). Conditioning the behavior of the listener.
International Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy, 8, 309-322.
Schlinger, H. D. (2008). The Long Goodbye: Why B. F. Skinner’s Verbal
Behavior Is Alive and Well on the 50th Anniversary of Its Publication.
The Psychological Record, 58, 329-337.
Schlinger, H. D., Derrene, A., & Baron, A. (2008). What 50 years of
research tells us about pausing under ratio schedules of reinforcement.
The Behavior Analyst, 31, 39-60.
Schlinger, H. D. (2008). Consciousness is nothing but a word. Skeptic,
13, 58-63.
Schlinger, H. D. (2005). How the human got its mind: Debunking the last
great myth in psychology. Skeptic, 11, 48-53.
Schlinger, H. D. (2004). How psychology can keep its promises: A
response to Lana. Journal of Mind and Behavior, 25, 277-286.
Schlinger, H. D. (2004). The almost blank slate: Making a case for human
nurture. Skeptic, 11, 34-43.
Schlinger, H. D. (2004). Why psychology hasn’t kept its promises.
Journal of Mind and Behavior, 25, 123-144.
Schlinger, H. D. (2003). The myth of intelligence. The Psychological
Record, 53, 15-32.
Schlinger, H. D. (2002). Not so fast Mr. Pinker: A behaviorist looks at
the Blank Slate.Behavior and Social Issues, 12, 75-79.
Schlinger, H. D. (1998). Of planets and cognitions: The use of deductive
inference in the natural sciences and psychology. The Skeptical
Inquirer, 22, 49-51.
Schlinger, H. D. (1996). What's wrong with evolutionary explanations of
human behavior. Behavior and Social Issues, 6, 35-54.
Schlinger, H. D. (1996). How the human got its spots: A critical
analysis of the just so stories of evolutionary psychology, Skeptic, 4,
68-76. Reprinted in Sussman, R. W. (1999).
Schlinger, H. D., & Blakely, E. (1994). The effects of delayed
reinforcement and a response-produced auditory stimulus on the
acquisition of operant behavior in rats. The Psychological Record,
391-409.
Schlinger, H. D., & Blakely, E. (1994). A descriptive taxonomy of
environmental events and its implications for behavior analysis. The
Behavior Analyst, 17, 43-57.
Schlinger, H. D. (1993). Learned expectancies are not adequate
scientific explanations.American Psychologist, 48, 1155-1156.
Schlinger, H. D. (1993). Separating discriminative and function-altering
effects of verbal stimuli. The Behavior Analyst, 16, 9-23.
Schlinger, H. D. (1992). Intelligence: Real or artificial? The Analysis
of Verbal Behavior, 10,125-133.
Schlinger, H. D. (1992). Theory in behavior analysis: An application to
child development.American Psychologist, 47, 1396-1410.
Baxter, G., & Schlinger, H. (1990). Performance of children under a
multiple random-ratio random-interval schedule of reinforcement. Journal
of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 54, 263-271.
Schlinger, H., Blakely, E., & Kaczor, T. (1990). Pausing under
variable-ratio schedules:Interaction of reinforcer magnitude,
variable-ratio size, and the lowest ratio. Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior, 53, 133-140.
Blakely, E., & Schlinger, H. (1988). Determinants of pausing under
variable-ratio schedules:Reinforcer magnitude, ratio size, and schedule
configuration. Journal of the ExperimentalAnalysis of Behavior, 50,
65-73.
Schlinger, H., & Poling, A. (1988). Evaluation of a procedure to measure
the time course of a drug's behavioral action. Journal of
Pharmacological Methods, 20, 169-174.
Blakely, E., & Schlinger, H. (1987). Rules: Function-altering
contingency-specifying stimuli. The Behavior Analyst, 10, 183-187.
Schlinger, H., & Blakely, E. (1987). Function-altering effects of
contingency-specifying stimuli. The Behavior Analyst, 10, 41-45.