Topic

Review the literature on the Good Behavior Game (GBG), focusing on its historical development, fundamental principles, empirical evidence of its effectiveness, implementation variations, and impact on various populations. Then, write a paper summarizing and synthesizing your findings in at least ten pages, excluding the title page and references.

You must find at least ten articles from the peer-reviewed literature on your chosen topic. At least seven of these articles must be experimental studies, preferably employing single-case designs, although group designs are permitted. If group design studies are used, they should be at most two articles. Most articles should come from behavior-analytic journals, although non-behavior-analytic, peer-reviewed journals are acceptable. Additionally, you can use non-peer-reviewed sources (e.g., information from websites) besides your ten peer-reviewed sources; however, no more than two non-peer-reviewed sources are permitted. Please DO NOT use unpublished thesis or dissertation papers.

Articles to look at

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis ArchiveLinks to an external site.

Journal of Positive Behavior InterventionsLinks to an external site.

Behavioral Interventions

Behavior Analysis in Practice

Behavior Analysis in Practice ArchiveLinks to an external site.

Perspectives on Behavior Science

Perspectives on Behavior Science ArchiveLinks to an external site.

Behavior Modification

Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders

Journal of Behavioral Education

Research in Developmental DisabilitiesYou are to develop an outline for your topic paper. A complete outline includes the general structure of the paper, the central points or themes that will be included, the content that will be covered under each central point or theme, and the references that correspond to the content. I’ve included an example outline below. However, your outline can look different.

Introduction

A general statement about why the topic is important (i.e., the problem) (e.g., increasing reports of disruptive challenging behaviors in public schools).

Evidence from the literature (citation; e.g., “Author1 & Author2 (YEAR) found that the problem causes [some problem]”).

Additional evidence from the literature (citation; e.g., “Author3 et al., (YEAR) reported that [another statement validating that the problem is a problem]”).

A general introduction to the paper’s topic (e.g., [description of the intervention]).

Evidence from the literature (citation; e.g., “Author4 et al., (YEAR) found that behavior contracts [did something good]”).

Additional evidence from the literature (citation; e.g., “Author5 et al., (YEAR) reported that [another statement validating that the intervention helps solve the problem]”).

Or maybe, (citation, e.g., “Author6 & Author7 found that the intervention’s effects might be overstated due to [some finding]”).

Background

Detailed description of the topic (intervention)

Citations

History of the intervention

Citations

Central Point 1: Something Related to the topic (e.g., studies demonstrating effectiveness)

Review of relevant literature

Citations

Central Point 2: Something Else Related to the Topic (e.g., applications to other populations, settings, etc.)

Review of relevant literature

Citations

Continue until the central points are covered

Conclusion

Review of topic

Importance of topic

Issues in need of additional investigation

Etc.

OUTLINE

you are to develop an outline for your topic paper. A complete outline includes the general structure of the paper, the central points or themes that will be included, the content that will be covered under each central point or theme, and the references that correspond to the content. I’ve included an example outline below. However, your outline can look different.

Instructions for searching the literature were provided last week. You can access this information here.

Please submit your reference list as a Word document.