Tim Kaiser

If you are willing to expand your sampling strategy to include German shows, I can point you to some in the lower left quadrant.

I will have to give it a closer look though, it's almost 11pm on a Friday!

I didn't know that, but the actor-agent transition fits quite well with private SC over the I-X repertoire! As for the author, I'm not sure, I would probably argue that narrative coherence is something that might emerge, but not foundational/necessary for strong PF.

🔥 New viewpoint paper accepted at Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science!
I propose a behavioral conceptualization of personality functioning (PF) that reframes the construct in terms of learned self-related repertoires rather than inferred inner structures.

Help make today 'paper appreciation day'!

Keeping this at hand in case I need to point to it and tap

I'd be honored!

Good point and makes sense to think of skills-based assessment here! From a behavioral perspective, it would focus on the stability, generalization and stimulus control of e.g. self-description, emotion labeling, goal articulation across contexts. That could nicely complement existing measures.

I would argue that healthy PF is not the absence of conflict. Even under healthy PF, such motives can occur and be conflicting, but they are under private SD, can be held simultaneously. Whether they are under private SC is key here.

One I-X repertoire ("I want to be close to that person") is under reasonably good private SC, a competing repertoire (withdrawal) is under public/historically conditioned control, shaped by past punishment of seeking closeness. This is experienced as conflicting, partly opaque or confusing.

Thanks, very important points that add a layer of complexity. I actually agree and think knowing when to weight what is key here. Your example sounds as it could be framed as competing stimulus control histories, something that I didn't really address in detail.

Thanks! 😀

No, I remember either you or Ian recommended it to me and I always wanted to order it. Back then, there were only copies for >120€ available, but now I found a cheaper used one that I imported from the US…

The publication process at JPCS was very pleasant and that I had excellent and constructive reviewers. Thanks to the team!

Download the accepted manuscript:

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While it is not my goal to displace existing theories, in my opinion, this view preserves key PF features (identity stability, intimacy, empathy) while making mechanisms explicit, testable, and modifiable via learning processes rather than latent inner entities.

This view preserves key PF features (identity stability, intimacy, empathy) while making mechanisms explicit, testable, and modifiable via learning processes rather than latent inner entities.

The behavioral tradition of self-functioning reaches back to Skinner himself, followed by Kohlenberg & Tsai. I conceptualize the self as a learned repertoire of "I-X" verbal behavior under private vs. public stimulus control, which leads to a single developmental continuum of self-functioning.

PF is central in current models of personality pathology (DSM-5 AMPD, ICD-11). It is based almost entirely on psychodynamic theories. I asked myself: can we retain what is useful about the concept within a strictly behavioral framework?

🔥 New viewpoint paper accepted at Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science!
I propose a behavioral conceptualization of personality functioning (PF) that reframes the construct in terms of learned self-related repertoires rather than inferred inner structures.

oh wow what a treasure - thanks!

Right on time for the upcoming holidays, and an upcoming paper, this arrived 🙂

https://doi.org/10.36900/suburban.v13i2/3.1030

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Wir analysieren für alle Berliner Grundschulen von 2010 bis 2020, wie sich Wohn- und Schulsegregation entwickeln – und warum sich beide Systeme immer stärker entkoppeln, obwohl die Stadt durchmischter wird. 1/
(mit @taljab.bsky.social)

Open Access:
doi.org/10.36900/sub...

Hard pass

"Behavior analysis" as a discipline is missing; study invalid

The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy, by Michael Geoffrey Asia. Imagine confiding your most private fantasies to what you believe is an unfeeling algorithm that cannot judge or remember. Now imagine that on the other side of that conversation is a man sitting in a...

Now imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion.

That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/

Blog post: Within family prediction of psychopathology:
Bad prediction is bad prediction. ericturkheimer.substack.com/p/within-fam...

You will be visited by three spirits

Concomitant Psychotropic Medication Is Associated with Reduced Outcomes of Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Abstract. Introduction: Psychotropic medications are frequently prescribed alongside trauma-focused psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet their impact on treatment response rema...

Target Trial Emulation suggests that psychotropic co-medication worsens the outcome of trauma-focused psychotherapy.

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