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The Behaviour Speak Podcast

Episode 12: Safety Skills, Game Theory and Suboptimal Choice with Danielle Watson, M.Sc., BCBA

Broadcast on:
04 Jun 2021

In this episode I chat with Danielle Watson, a Ph.D. Candidate at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and former co-host of the influential podcast: The Controversial Exchange. We dive into her recent study on safety skills and explore some of the cool things she is working on towards her end goal of being the next Dr. Watson.

 

Continuing Education Units (CEUs): https://cbiconsultants.com/shop

  • BACB: 1.5 Learning
  • IBAO: 1.5 Learning
  • QABA: 1.5 General

 

Show Notes:

 

References:

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  • Morford, Z. H., & Cihon, T. M. (2013). Developing an experimental analysis of metacontingencies: Considerations regarding cooperation in a four-person prisoner’s dilemma game. Behavior and Social Issues, 22, 5-20.
  • Yi, R., Johnson, M. W., & Bickel, W. K. (2005). Relationship between cooperation in an iterated prisoner’s dilemma game and the discounting of hypothetical outcomes. Learning & Behavior, 33(3), 324-336.