Barbara C. Etzel

(19 September 1926 - 22 October 2019)

Primary Areas of Study

Early childhood education

Stimulus control

Errorless learning

Links

University of Kansas Women's Hall of Fame

ABAI Biographies

Obituary

ABAI Inside Behavior Analysis

Selected Papers

Etzel, B.C., & Gewirtz, J.L.  (1967).  Experimental modification of caretaker-maintained high rate operant crying in a 6- and a 20-week-old infant:  Extinction of crying with reinforcement of eye contact and smiling.  Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.

Etzel, B.C., & LeBlanc, J.M. (1979).  The simplest treatment alternative:  The law of parsimony applied to choosing appropriate instructional control and errorless-learning procedures for the difficult-to-teach child.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 9, 361-382.

Selected Books

New Developments in Behavioral Research: Theory, Methods, and Applications

Social Interaction Observation: A Manual for Training and Data Collection

Media

An interview with Barbara Etzel

Students

Intellectual Ancestry

A.A. - 1946 Stephens College

B.A. - 1948 - Denison University

M.A. - 1950 - University of Miami (Florida)

Ph.D. - 1953 - University of Iowa (advised by Boyd McCandless)

Additional Information

President, Association for Behavior Analysis

President, Division 25, American Psychological Association

Special Fellowship Award, National Institute of Mental Health (NIH)

Fellow, American Psychological Association (Division 25)

Fellow, American Psychological Society

KU Women’s Hall of Fame

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship Award

Nominee, HOPE Award  for Outstanding Teaching, University of Kansas

Don Hake Basic/Applied Research Award (APA, Division 25)

Outstanding Contributions to Behavior Analysis Award (Northern California ABA)