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Bill Palya

William Lee Palya, PhD



Professor of Psychology
PhD 1974 University of Western Ontario, Canada
RECENT LEARNING PUBLICATIONS

 

  1. Palya, William L. & Allan, Robert (2003). Dynamical concurrent schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Vol. 79, 1-20.

  2. Palya, William L. & Bowers, Matthew T. (2003). Stimulus control in fixed interfood intervals. Learning & Behavior, Vol.31, 22-34.

  3. Hurst, P., & Palya, W. L. (2003). Selecting an effective BBS Process. September 2003, 39-41.

  4. Palya, W. L., Walter, D., Kessel, R., & Lucke, R. (2002). Linear Modeling of Steady-State Behavior. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 77, 3-27.
    This article is a featured article on the JEAB website. A pdf version can be downloaded from that site.

  5. Palya, W. L. & Powell, C. P. (2000). Differential conditioning based on a difference in the predictability of reinforcement. Learning and Motivation, 31, 402-415.

  6. Palya, W. L. & Walter, D. (1997). Rate of a maintained operant as a function of temporal position within a session. Animal Learning & Behavior, 25, 291-300.

  7. Palya, W. L., Walter, D., Kessel, R., & Lucke, R. (1996). Investigating behavioral dynamics with a fixed-time extinction schedule and linear analysis. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 66, 915-409.

  8. Palya, W. L. & Chu, J. Y. M. (1996). Real-time dynamics in the interaction between a trial stimulus and its temporal context. Animal Learning & Behavior, 24, 92-104.

  9. Palya, W. L. (1993). Bipolar control in fixed interfood intervals. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 60, 345-359.

  10. Palya, W. L. (1992). Dynamics in the fine structure of schedule-controlled behavior. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 57, 267-287.

  11. Palya, W. L. (1991). A catalyst for discussion on observables, inference, and behaviorism. The Behavior Analyst, 14, 247.

  12. Palya, W. L. & Bevins, R. A. (1990). Serial conditioning as a function of stimulus, response, and temporal dependencies. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 53, 65-85.
RECENT TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

  1. Chu, J. Y. M., Palya, W. L., & Walter, D. E. (1995). Creating hypertext markup language document for an information server. Behavior, Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 27, 200-205.

  2. Palya, W. L., Walter, D. E., & Chu, J. Y. M. (1995). An inexpensive 1- millisecond experiment control interface for IBM PCs and its user-friendly control language. Behavior, Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 27, 129-130.

  3. Palya, W. L. & Walter, D. E. (1993). A powerful, inexpensive experiment controller or IBM PC interface and experiment control language. Behavior, Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 25, 127-136.

  4. Palya, W. L. (1991). Laser printers as powerful tools for the scientific visualization of behavior. Behavior, Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 23, 277-282.
EDITORIAL/GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

Association for Behavior Analysis: Experimental Analysis of Behavior Coordinator 1996-current
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1996-1999.
Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, 1994-current.
Behavior, Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, 1990-current.
President, Society for Computers in Psychology, 1994-1995.
The Behavior Analyst, 1991-1993.
Society for Computers in Psychology, 1993-1995.

RECENT CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

1994-1999 Program Chair for Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior.
1992 Program Chair for American Psychological Association, Division 25.
1991 Program Chair for Society for Computers in Psychology.
1990 Co-Program Chair (with M. J. Marr) for Jacksonville Conference on Behavior Dynamics, June 1-3. Papers published in special issue of Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1992, Vol. 57.
1988,1990,1992 Program Chair for Atlanta Area Behavior Analysts Meeting.

DOCUMENTS

Palya, W. L. The Conceptual Foundations of Behavior Analysis Vol. 1 (Ed 1.01 2001. (Develops logical foundations.) 251 pages.
Palya, W. L. Lecture Notes for Conditioning and Learning (Ed. 2.3, 2001). (Presents conceptual framework and Facts.) 485 pages.
Palya, W. L. Experimental Methods Laboratory Manual (11.0 Ed., 1996). (Illustrates basic principles.) 280 pages.
Palya, W. L., & Walter, D. E. Document set for the High Performance Experiment Controller (Rev. 1.2, 1993). (Provides instruction set and other information.) 217 pages.
Palya, W. L. Research Methods Lecture Notes Vol. 2 (1st Ed., 1992. (Develops statistical foundations.) 305 pages.
Palya, W. L., & Walter, D. E. Document set for Experiment Controller(Rev. 2.0, 1990). (Provides instruction set and other information.) 172 pages.

VIDEOS PRODUCED

SQAB-Invited Preeminent Tutorials From Basics to Contemporary Paradigms:
  1. Aversive Events and Behavior - Philip N. Hineline (1997) - (59 + 5 min discussion)
  2. Behavioral Economics - Steven R. Hursh (1998) - (62 + 11 min discussion)
  3. Behavioral Momentum - John A. Nevin (1998) - (53 + 6 min discussion)
  4. Chaos - James T. Townsend (1997) - (57 min)
  5. Choice - William M. Baum (1998) - (48 + 8 min discussion)
  6. Delay Reduction - Edmund J. Fantino (1997) - (53 min)
  7. Dynamics - John E. R. Staddon (1996) - (52 + 5 min discussion)
  8. Ecological Psychology - Michael T. Turvey (1999) - (54 min)
  9. Evolution - Paul T. Andronis (1999) - (58 min)
  10. Matching - Howard Rachlin (1996) - (56 + 17 min discussion)
  11. Matching Law, The - Gene M. Heyman (1997) - (58 min)
  12. Neural Networks - John W. Donahoe (1999) - (59 min)
  13. Radical Behaviorism - John C. Malone (1999) - (51 + 50 min - 2 tapes)
  14. Scientist/Practitioner in Behavior Analysis, The: A Case Study - Murray Sidman (1998) - (52 min)
  15. Signal Detection - John T. Wixted (1998) - (50 + 6 min discussion)
  16. Timing - Peter R. Killeen (1999) - (52 + 12 min discussion)
  17. Radical Behaviorism - John Malone (1999) - (1:41 min)
  18. Behavioral Pharmacology - Marc Branch (2000) - (53 + 5 min discussion)
  19. Evolution, Behavioral Variation, and Plasticity - Gordon Burghardt (2000) - (47 + 7 min discussion)
  20. What Reinforcers Do to Behavior - Michael Davison (2001)
  21. Quantification - Randolph Grace (2001)
  22. Behavior Systems - William Timberlake (2001)
  23. Self-control, Choice, and the (Non-Rational) Form of the Discounting Function - Leonard Green (2001)

WEBSITES

SEBAC (Southeastern Behavior Analysis Center) image based presentation of research material approximately 250 pages and 120 Mbytes of material (receives about 360 page requests/2600 raw hits per day).
Encyclopedia of Psychology Hierarchical set of links to content sites in Psychology, approximately 2000 links (receives about 4000 page requests/14000 raw hits per day; generates about 35 referrals per day to the JSU web pages).

GUEST REVIEWER

National Science Foundation
Small Business Innovative Research Program
National Institutes of Health Consultant
Psychological Bulletin
Animal Learning & Behavior
Learning and Motivation
Physiology and Behavior
Behaviour Processes
American Psychologist
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Society for Computers in Psychology
Southeastern Psychological Association
McGraw-Hill
Elsevier
Tenure and Promotion Committees, various US universities
International Science and Engineering Fair, Special Award Judge, 1994.

AWARDS

1992 Jacksonville State University Faculty Scholar.

GRANTS RECEIVED

  1. $147,000. National Science Foundation, 1989-1992. Development of a Distributed Research Environment for Behavioral and Cognitive Science.
  2. $68,000. National Institutes of Health, 1989-1991. Determinants of Responding in Clocked Fixed-Time Schedules.
  3. $4,000. National Science Foundation, 1990-1992. Research Experiences for Undergraduates.
  4. $150,000. Eminent Scholar Program, Jacksonville State University. 1989-1990. Funding to bring an eminent scholar to the university for one year and to provide for an international conference.
  5. $23,000. Jacksonville State University Faculty Research Grants. 1985-2001
MEMBERSHIPS

  1. The Psychonomic Society
  2. Association for Behavior Analysis
  3. Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior
  4. American Psychological Association
  5. Society for Computers in Psychology
  6. Southeastern Association of Behavior Analysts
  7. Southeastern Psychological Association
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