Adam Doughty
Professor of Psychology
Education
Ph.D. in Psychology, West Virginia University
B.A. in Psychology, West Virginia University
Research Interests
My students and I conduct research in the experimental analysis of behavior. Our participants include both people and pigeons. Our most recent research has examined the variables that impact behavioral variability and derived stimulus relations. The unifying theme of this research is how best to understand behavioral approaches to novelty (i.e., how organisms respond in novel ways and react under novel circumstances). As such, the research bears on several theoretical and practical issues such as creative problem solving, the role of language in learning, and the behaviors displayed in some clinical populations.
Courses Taught
- PSYC 103: Introduction to Psychological Science
- PSYC 213: Conditioning and Learning
- PSYC 316: Applied Behavior Analysis
- PSYC 498: Independent Study in Psychology
- PSYC 499: Bachelor’s Essay in Psychology
Selected Publications
Doughty, A. H., Brenner, S. E., Fox, M. L., & Rippy, S. M. (2018). Emergence ofsimpler untested derived stimulus relations in extinction: Implications for understanding
derived relational learning. The Psychological Record, 68, 49-60.
Doughty, A. H., & Irwin, C. M. (2018). Developing a novel preparation to analyze the
onset of derived stimulus relations. Behavioural Processes, 148, 27-30.
Galizio, A., Doughty, A. H., Williams, D. C., & Saunders, K. J. (2017). Understanding
behavior under nonverbal transitive-inference procedures: Stimulus-control-topography
analyses. Behavioural Processes, 140, 202-215.
Doughty, A. H., & Galizio A. (2015). Reinforced behavioral variability: Working
towards an understanding of its behavioral mechanisms. Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior, 104, 252-273.
Doughty, A. H., Leake, L. W., & Stoudemire, M. L. (2014). Failure to observe untested
derived stimulus relations in extinction: Implications for understanding stimulus-equivalence formation. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 102, 311-326.
Doughty, A. H., Giorno, K. G., & Miller, H. L. (2013). Effects of reinforcer magnitude
on reinforced behavioral variability. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
100, 355-369.
Doughty, A. H., Cash, J. D., Finch, E. A., Holloway, C., & Wallington, L. K. (2010).
Effects of training history on resurgence in humans. Behavioural Processes, 83, 340-343.
Doughty, A. H., Doughty, S. S., O’Donnell, J., Saunders, K. J., & Williams, D. C. (2007).
Stimulus control of punishment effects: Determining the controlling variables. Mexican
Journal of Behavior Analysis, 33, 57-66.
Doughty, A. H., Cirino, S., Mayfield, K. H., da Silva, S. P., Okouchi, H., & Lattal, K. A.
(2005). Effects of behavioral history on resistance to change. The Psychological Record,
55, 315-330.
Doughty, A. H., & Lattal, K. A. (2001). Resistance to change of operant variation and
repetition. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 76, 195-215.