Wixted, J. (2008).
JEAB and the Skinnerian interpretation of behavior.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 89, 137-139.
At one time, JEAB editorial policy was perceived by some to consist mainly of dogmatically enforcing a Skinnerian
interpretation of all findings reported in the journal. Partly in response to that undeserved reputation, the
journal explicitly defined itself as the place to publish research on the behavior of individual organisms, and
not as a place that encourages any particular theoretical orientation. My own view is that this should not be the
journal’s identity; instead, JEAB should be the one journal that seriously considers Skinnerian (and related
environment based) interpretations of empirical results, whether or not the study involved an analysis of
individual subject behavior and whether or not the Skinnerian analysis is ultimately endorsed by the author.
Key words:Skinner, JEAB