| Title | Assistant Professor |
|---|---|
| Department | Psychology |
| Office | Meier Hall 224H |
| Phone | 978.542.4725 |
| kenneth.jacobs@salemstate.edu |
| PSY 210 | Introduction to Learning |
|---|---|
| PSY 299 | Internship Preparation |
| PSY 519 | Internship Preparation |
| PSY 545 | Seminar in Learning Theory |
| PSY 715 | Behavioral Principles of Learning |
| PSY 830 | Small N Research Design & Analysis |
| PSY 840 | Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues in Applied Behavioral Analysis |
| PSY 875 | Directed Study |
| PSY 899 | Psychology Masters Thesis I |
| PSY 997 | Special Topics in Behavior Analysis |
| PSY 999 | Psychology Masters Thesis II |
Kenneth W. Jacobs, Ph.D. earned his doctorate in psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He was trained in behavioral theory, philosophy, and the experimental analysis of human behavior.
Behaviorism as a philosophy of science, pragmatism as a way of life, and behavior regulation theory as a way to change it.
Interbehavioral Regulation Lab (IRL)
The IRL seeks to understand the regulatory mechanisms that instigate and influence behavior in the lab and in real life.
Students interested in the IRL should read the following articles:
Jacobs, K. W., Morford, Z. H., King, J. E., & Hayes, L. J. (2017). Predicting the effects of interventions: A tutorial on the disequilibrium model. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 10(2), 195–208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-017-0176-x
Jacobs, K. W., Morford, Z. H., & King, J. E. (2019). Disequilibrium in behavior analysis: A disequilibrium theory redux. Behavioural Processes, 162, 197–204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2019.02.006
Highly motivated students are encouraged to contact Dr. Jacobs to discuss their interest in behavior regulation research and practice.
Jacobs, K. W., Klapak, B., Morford, Z. H., & Snyder, R. (2024). The effects of response disequilibrium on social media use: A laboratory analogue. Behavioural Processes. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BEPROC.2024.104995
Jacobs, K. W., King, J. E., & Dowdy, A. (2023). Disequilibrium as determinant of reinforcement and punishment effects: A replication. Psychological Record, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-023-00576-8
Jacobs, K. W. (2020). A pragmatic sign theory of truth for the behavioral sciences. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 16, 172-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.04.010
Jacobs, K.W. (2019). Replicability and randomization test logic in behavior analysis. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 111(2), 329-341. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.501
Killeen, P. R., & Jacobs, K. W. (2017). Coal is not black, snow is not white, food is not a reinforcer: the roles of affordances and dispositions in the analysis of behavior. The Behavior Analyst, 40(1) 17-38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-016-0080-7