FACULTY
 

Michael J. Dougher

Professor
Email: dougher@unm.edu
Office: Logan 122
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 505-277-0374

Degree Received
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1980

Research Interests
Experimental and clinical behavior analysis. Primary research focuses on the experimental analysis of complex human behavior including stimulus equivalence and relational responding. Other interests include contextualistic methods of psychotherapy and psychotherapy research, and integrative psychotherapies.

List of Representative Publications

  • Dougher, M. J. (2002). This is not B. F. Skinner's behavior analysis: A review of Hayes, Strosahl & Wilson's, Acceptance and commitment therapy. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 35, 323-336.
  • Dougher, M. J., Perkins, D. R., Greenway, D. E., Koons, A., Chiasson, C. (2002). The Contextual Control of Equivalence-Based transformation of functions. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 78, 63-94.
  • Markham, M. R., Dougher, M. J., & Augustson, E. A. (2002). Transfer of operant discrimination and respondent elicitation via emergent relations of compound stimuli.  The Psychological Record, 52, 325-350.
  • Griffee, K., Dougher, M. J. (2002). Contextual Control of Stimulus Generalization and Stimulus Equivalence in Hierarchical Categorization. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 78, 433-447.
  • Dougher, M. J. (2001). What is an indirect correlation? European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 2, 56-58.
  • Harrington, J. A., Fink, B. C., & Dougher, M. J. (2001). Into the Lion's Den: Incorporating Personality and Evolutionary Psychology to expand Clinical Behavior Analysis. International Journal of Psychology and Therapy, 1, 175-189.
  • Augustson, E. M., & Dougher, M. J. (2000). Transfer of function among compound stimuli in stimulus equivalence class.  The Psychological Record, 50, 745-770.
  • Dougher, M. J., & Hackbert, L. (2000). Establishing operations, cognition and emotion. The Behavior Analyst, 23, 11-42.
  • Dougher, M. J. (1998) Stimulus equivalence and the untrained acquisition of stimulus function. Behavior Therapy, 29, 577-591.
  • Augustson, E. M. & Dougher, M. J. (1997). The transfer of avoidance evoking functions through stimulus equivalence classes. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 28, 181-191.
  • Dougher, M. J. (1997). Cognitive concepts, behavior analysis, and behavior therapy. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 28, 65-70.
  • Greenway, D. E., Dougher, M. J., & Wulfert, E. (1996). Transfer of consequential functions via stimulus equivalence. Generalization to different testing conditions. Psychological Record, 46, 131-144.
  • Markham, M. R., Butt, A. E., & Dougher, M. J. (1996). A computer touch-screen apparatus for training visual discriminations in rats. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 65, 173-182.
  • Wulfert, E., Greenway, D. E., & Dougher, M. J. (1996). A logical functional analysis of reinforcement- based disorders: Alcoholism and pedophilia. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 64, 1140- 1151.
  • Dougher, M. J. (1995). A bigger picture: Cause and cognition in relation to differing scientific frameworks. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 26(3), 215-219.
  • Greenway, D. E., Dougher, M. J., & Markham, M. R. (1995). S+/S- reversal procedures may not result in functional equivalence. Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 13, 14-16.
  • Augustson, E. M., Markham, M. R., & Dougher, M. J. (1994). A methodological rate regarding human classical conditioning. Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 12, 6-8.
  • Dougher, M. J. (1994). Introduction of the Special Section on Clinical Behavior Analysis, Part II. The Behavior Analyst, 17, 287.
  • Dougher, M. J. (1994). More on the differences between radical behavioral and rational-emotive approaches to acceptance: A response to Robb. The Behavior Therapist, 17, 249.
  • Dougher, M. J. (1994). On the differences between radical behavioral and rational-emotive approaches to acceptance. A response to Ellis and Miller. The Behavior Therapist, 17, 223-225.
  • Dougher, M. J., & Hackbert, L. (1994). A behavior analytic account of depression and a case report using acceptance-based procedures. The Behavior Analyst, 17, 321-334.
  • Dougher, M. J., Augustson, E., Markham, M. R., Greenway, D. E., & Wulfert, E. (1994). Transfer of respondent elicitation and avoidance evocation through stimulus equivalence classes. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 62, 331-351.
  • Wulfert E., Greenway, D. E., & Dougher, M. J. (1994). Third-order equivalence classes. Psychological Record, 44, 411-439.
  • Wulfert, E., Greenway, D. E., Hayes, S. C., & Dougher, M. J. (1994). Correlation between self-reported rigidity and rule-governed insensitivity to operant contingencies. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27, 659-672.
  • Dougher, M. J. (1993). Introduction to the special section on clinical behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst, 16(2), 269-270.
  • Dougher, M. J. (1993). On the advantages and implications of a radical behavioral perspective on private events for the behavior therapist. The Behavior Therapist, 204-206.
  • Kolenberg, R. J., Tsai, M., & Dougher, M. J. (1993). The dimensions of clinical behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst, 16(2), 271-282.
  • Markham, M. R., & Dougher, M. J. (1993). Compound stimuli in emergent relations: Extending the scope of stimulus equivalence. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 60, 529-542.
  • Markham, M., Dougher, M. J., & Wulfert, E. (1993). Effects of social consequences on alcoholics performance in aversive learning situations. Behavior Therapy, 24, 277-284.
Books
  • S. C. Hayes, N. Jacobsen, M. J. Dougher, & V. Follette (Eds.) (1994), Acceptance and Change: Content and Context in Psychotherapy. Context Press: Reno, NV.
  • M. J. Dougher (Ed.) (2000), Clinical Behavior Analysis: Theory, Research, and Treatment. Reno, NV: Context Press.
Book Chapters
  • Dougher, M. J. (1993). Hermeneutic and interpretive methods in the contextualistic analysis of verbal behavior. In S. C. Hayes, L. J. Hayes, H. Reese and T. Sarbin (Eds.), Varieties of Scientific Contextualism. Context Press: Reno, NV.
  • Dougher, M. J. & Markham, M. (1994). Stimulus equivalence, functional equivalence and the transfer of function. In S. C. Hayes and L. J. Hayes, M. Sato, & K. Ono (Eds.), Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition. Context Press: Reno, NV.
  • Dougher, M. J. (1994). The act of acceptance. In S. C. Hayes, N. Jacobsen, V. Follette, & M. J. Dougher, Acceptance and Change: Content and Context in Psychotherapy. Context Press: Reno, NV.
  • Dougher, M. J., & Markham, M. R. (1996). Stimulus classes and the untrained acquisition of stimulus function. In T. R. Zentall, & P. M. Smeets (Eds.), Advances in Psychology Series: The Formation of Stimulus Classes. North Holland Press.
  • Dougher, M. J. (1996). Clinical assessment procedures with sex offenders. In B. K. Schwartz, & H. R. Cellini (Eds.), The Sex Offender: Corrections, Treatment and Legal Practice. Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute, Inc.
  • Dougher, M. J., & Hayes, S. C. (2000). Clinical behavior analysis.  In M. J. Dougher (Ed.), Clinical Behavior Analysis.  Reno, NV: Context Press.
  • Perkins, D. R., Hackbert, L., & Dougher, M. J. (2000). The role of interpretation in classical behavior analysis.  In M. J. Dougher (Ed.), Clinical Behavior Analysis.  Reno, NV: Context Press.