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Dr. Mark R. Dixon

Brief Biography

Specializations: Traumatic Brain Injury, Gambling Behavior, & Organizational Behavior Management. Dr. Mark R. Dixon is an Associate Professor in the Behavior Analysis and Therapy program. Dr. Dixon holds a Ph.D. (1998) and a M.A. (1996) in Psychology from the University of Nevada and his B.A. (1993) in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Dixon's current courses cover the topics of behavioral assessment and intervention, complex and philosophical issues in behavior analysis, behavioral medicine, theories of addiction, consultation and management, and legal and ethical issues in behavior analysis. He has authored 50 journal articles, 5 book chapters, 2 books and over 175 papers and presentations in a variety of areas including choice and self-control, verbal behavior, gambling, organizational effectiveness, computer programming for psychological research, and developmental disabilities. Dr. Dixon also is the director of the Behavioral Consultation Group - a service project of the BAT program designed to place graduate students in human service agencies as behavior analysts or organizational consultants. Some of Mark's current research projects include examining the variables involved in maintaining or terminating gambling behavior and the designing of effective behavioral interventions for persons with Traumatic Brain Injuries. Mark currently serves as the President of the ABA Special Interest Group: Behaviorists Interested in Gambling.

Publications Include:

Books Published

Dixon, M. R. & MacLin, O. H. (2003). Visual basic for behavioral psychologists. Reno, NV: Context Press.

Ghezzi, P., Lyons, C., & Dixon, M. R., & Wilson, G. (in press). Gambling: Behavior theory, research, and application. Reno, NV: Context Press.

Book Chapters

Dixon, M. R. (in press). The contribution of verbal behavior to gambling. In P. M. Ghezzi, C. Lyons, M. Dixon, & G. Wilson (Eds.) Gambling: Behavior theory, research, and application. Reno, NV: Context Press.

MacLin, O. H. & Dixon, M. R. (in press). Building your own slot machine: A primer on Visual Basic. In P. M. Ghezzi, C. Lyons, M. Dixon, & G. Wilson (Eds.) Gambling: Behavior theory, research, and application. Reno, NV: Context Press.

Dixon, M. R. (2002). Setting events. In, M. Hersen & W. Sledge (Eds.) Encyclopedia of psychotherapy. New York: Academic Press.

Dixon, M. R. (2001). Making sense of employee compensation strategies. In L. J. Hayes, J. Austin, R. Flemming, & R. Houmanfar (Eds.) Organizational Change. Reno, NV: Context Press.

Ghezzi, P., Lyons, C., & Dixon, M. R. (2000). Gambling from a socioeconomic perspective. In, W. K. Bickel & R. E. Vuchinich (Eds.) Reframing health behavior change with behavioral economics. New York: Erlbaum.

Publications - Refereed

Dixon, M. R., Hayes, L. J., & Stack, J. (in press). Changing conceptions of employee compensation. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management.

Dixon, M. R. & Falcomata, T. (in press). Preference for progressive delays and concurrent physical therapy exercise in an adult with acquired brain injury. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Dixon, M. R., Guercio, J., Falcomata, T., Horner, M. J., Root, S., Newell, C., & Zlomke, K. Exploring the utility of functional analysis methodology to assess and treat problematic verbal behavior in persons with acquired brain injury. Behavioral Interventions.

Dixon, M. R. & Schreiber, J. (in press). Near-miss effects on response latencies and probability estimations of slot machine players. The Psychological Record.

Guercio, J., Dixon, M. R., Soldner, J., Shoemaker, Z., Zlomke, K., Root, S., & Small, S. (in press). Enhancing staff performance measures in an acquired brain injury setting: Combating the habituation to organizational behavioral interventions. Behavioral Interventions.

MacLin, O. H. & Dixon, M. R. (in press). A computerized roulette simulation to investigate the variables involved in gambling behavior. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers.

Rehfeldt, R. A. & Dixon, M. R. (in press). Evaluating the establishment and maintenance of visual-visual and gustatory-visual equivalence relations in adults with developmental disabilities. Behavior Modification.

Small, S., Dixon, M. R., Soldner, J., Sanders, S., Hartman, K. Martin, J., Manzano, E., & Zlomke, K.. (in press). The potential for organizational behavior management consultation in education: A review of Erchul and Martens’ “School Consultation”. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management.

Childs, J., Cohen, K., Dixon, M. R., & Kelly, P. L. (2004). Reviewing for the Optical Society of America: A survey and assessment. Optics and Photonics News, 15, 14-16.

Dixon, M. R. (2003). Creating your own portable data collection system with Microsoft Embedded Visual Tools for the Pocket PC. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36, 271-284.

Dixon, M. R., Dennis, J. M., Zlomke, K., & Halvey, C., (2003). Applications of behavioral methods as treatment for urinary incontinence in the elderly. North American Journal of Psychology, 5, 203-212.

Dixon, M. R., Dymond, S., Rehfeldt, R. A., Roche, B., & Zlomke, K.R. (2003). Terrorism and relational frame theory. Behavior and Social Issues, 12, 129-147.

Dixon, M. R., Horner, M. J., & Guercio, J. (2003). Self-control and the preference for delayed reinforcement: An example in brain injury. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36, 367-370.

Dixon, M. R., Marley, J., & Jacobs, E. (2003). Delay discounting of pathological gamblers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36, 449-458.

Dixon, M. R., Rehfeldt, R. A., & Randich, L. (2003). Enhancing tolerance to delayed reinforcers for nonverbal participants: The role of intervening activities. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36, 263-266.

Fienup, D. M. & Dixon, M. R. (2003). Attendance probabilities of the human participant in an experiment. Psychological Reports, 92, 445-448.

Dixon, M. R. (2002). Single-subject research designs: Dissolving the myths and demonstrating the utility for rehabilitation research. Rehabilitation Education, 16, 331-344.

Dixon, M. R. (2002). Behaviorism is Alive and Prospering: A Review of School and Behavioral Psychology by Ninness, McCuller, and Ozenne. Contemporary Psychology: The APA Review of Books, 47, 548-551.

Dixon, M. R & Schriber, J. (2002). Utilizing a computerized video poker simulation for the collection of experimental data on gambling behavior. The Psychological Record, 52, 417-428.

Dixon, M. R., Benidict, H., & Larson, T. (2001). Functional analysis and treatment of inappropriate verbal behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34, 361-363.

Dixon, M. R. & Cummings, A. (2001). Self-control in children with Autism: Response allocation during delays to reinforcement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34, 491-495.

Schriber, J. & Dixon, M. R. (2001). Temporal characteristics of behavior on random-ratio schedules observed during slot machine play. Psychological Reports, 89, 67-72.

Binder, L. M., Dixon, M. R. & Ghezzi, P. M. (2000). A procedure for teaching self-control to impulsive children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33, 233-237.

Dixon, M. R. (2000). Manipulating the “Illusion of Control”: Variations in risk-taking as a function of perceived control over chance outcomes. The Psychological Record, 50, 705-720.

Dixon, M. R., Hayes, L. J. & Aban, I. (2000). Examining the roles of rule following, reinforcement, and pre-experimental histories on risk-taking behavior. The Psychological Record, 50, 687-704.

Dixon, M. R. & Holcomb, S. (2000). Increasing the cooperative behavior of dually-diagnosed adults though a self-control training protocol. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33, 611-614.

Rehfeldt, R. A. & Dixon, M. R. (2000). Investigating the relation between self-talk and emergent stimulus relations. Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 18, 28-30.

Rehfeldt, R. A., Dixon, M. R., Latimore, D. (2000). Stimulus compounds and the primary generalization of conditional relations. North American Journal of Psychology, 2, 85-94.

Rehfeldt, R. A., Steele, A. & Dixon, M. R. (2000). Transitioning the elderly into nursing homes: Problems and solutions. Aspects, Activities, and Aging, 24(4), 27-40.

Dixon, M. R., Aban, I., Hayes, L. J., & Harrington, S. (1999). A regression model of subjective probability. Psychological Reports, 84, 399-403.

Dixon, M. R. & Hayes, L. J. (1999). A behavioral analysis of dreaming. The Psychological Record, 49, 613-628.

Dixon, M. R., MacLin, O. H., & Hayes, L. J. (1999). Towards a molecular analysis of video poker playing. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 31(1), 185-187.

MacLin, O. H., Dixon, M. R., & Hayes, L. J. (1999). A computerized slot machine simulation to investigate the variables involved in gambling behavior. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 31(4), 731-735.

Dixon, M. R., Hayes, L. J. & Ebbs, R. E. (1998). Engaging in illusionary control during repeated risk-taking. Psychological Reports, 83, 959-962.

Dixon, M.R. & Hayes, L.J. (1998). Effects of different instructional histories on the resurgence of rule-following. The Psychological Record, 48, 275-292.

Dixon, M. R., Hayes, L. J., Binder, L. M., Manthey, S., Sigman, C., & Zdanowski, D. M. (1998). Using a self-control training procedure to increase appropriate behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 31, 203-210.

Dixon, M. R., Hayes, L. J., Rehfeldt, R. A. & Ebbs, R. E. (1998). An adjusting procedure for studying outcomes of risk-taking. Psychological Reports, 82, 1047-1050.

Rehfeldt, R. A., Dixon, M. R., Hayes, L. J. & Steele, A. (1998). Stimulus equivalence and the blocking effect. The Psychological Record, 48, 647-664.

Dixon, M. R. (1997). Learning when it is time to change: A review of Greenberg's Managing behavior in organizations. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 10, 503-505.

Dixon, M. R., Rehfeldt, R. A., & Hayes, L. J. (1997). A new management approach to human service agencies. Psychology: A Journal of Human Behavior, 23, 54-57.

Hayes, L. J., Adams, M. A., & Dixon, M. R. (1997). Causal constructs and conceptual confusions. The Psychological Record, 47, 97-112.

Hayes, L. J., Dixon, M. R., Caslake, D. L., Beckwith, J. L., & Schurr, C. S. (1997). Deviations from animal standards in human schedule performances through self-generated verbal behavior. Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis, 23, 53-65.

Wilder, D. A., Gonzales, D. G., Silva, J., Dixon, M. R., Harrington, S., & Williams, W. L. (1997). A Review of Brown, Pryzwansky, & Schulte’s Psychological consultation: Introduction to theory and practice. Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 5, 86-90.