Some current themes in functional analysis research

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to review and discuss some current themes in functional analysis research. The paper is divided into two general sections; one section discusses clinical application of functional analysis and a second section discusses functional analysis as a research method. In the first section, current issues related to treatment logic and development are reviewed. Also, clinical limitations of functional analysis are described, including treatment and assessment implementation issues (such as time and resource constraints). In the second section, three areas of research are reviewed with suggestions for further research: the analysis of diverse response topographies, the analysis of basic behavioral processes, and the evaluation of methodological refinements.

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