ABSTRACT
A science of behavior and its related technology move forward in a manner that seems to resemble an amoeba feeding. The resemblance is rather deceptive in that it overlooks the important role of the consequences of the behavior of the scientist and technologist in deterining the likelihood that similar moves will recur. Educational reform was one of the earliest technological undertakings to derive from the experimental analysis of behavior. Several effective instructional models have been developed through behavior analysis in the laboratory and applied settings. Procedures used effectively in programmed instruction, precision teaching, direct instruction, behavioral consulting, and the personalized system of instruction form the basis for a proposed synthesis of a model classroom and an ideal laboratory. The emerging field of behavioral medicine is concerned with the interaction of behavioral, biochemical and physiological factors in disease processes and their treatment.
