Hayes, S. C. (2001). The greatest dangers facing behavior analysis today. Behavior Analysis Today, 2, 61-63.
Behavior analysis is the underclass of psychology. It is under-funded, under-taught, and under-appreciated. A lot is happening that is positive, but just beneath the surface, there are grave dangers lurking that could significantly worsen our already poor status. I prefer to believe that most of these dangers are things we can control by our own behavior (itself a rather behavioral idea), and I offer this list of dangers in that spirit. As someone once said: if you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got. Behavior analysts need to appreciate the following six dangers and adapt to them.