Patrick M. Ghezzi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Behavior Analysis
Director of Behavior Analysis Program
Director, Early Childhood Autism Program

Pat (right) with B.F. Skinner		Pat (right) with Sidney Bijou

Phone: (775) 682-8687
Office: Mack Social Science Room 403
Email: ghezzi@unr.nevada.edu

Current Interests

• Child pathology
• Single-case methodology
• Gambling
• Interbehaviorism

Selected Recent Publications

Child Pathology

Ghezzi, P. M., Williams, W. L., & Carr J. E. (1999). Autism: Behavior-analytic perspectives. Reno, NV: Context Press.

Bijou, S. W., & Ghezzi, P. M. (1999). The behavior interference theory of autistic behavior in young children. In P. M. Ghezzi, W. L. Williams, & J. E. Carr (Eds.), Autism: Behavior-Analytic Perspectives (pp. 33-43). Reno, NV: Context Press.

Ghezzi, P. M. (1999). Toward a definition of social behavior. In P. M. Ghezzi, W. L. Williams, & J. E. Carr (Eds.), Autism: Behavior-Analytic Perspectives (pp. 212-220). Reno, NV: Context Press.

Binder, L.M., Dixon, M.R., & Ghezzi, P.M. (in press). A procedure to teach self-control to children with attention-deficit disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Single-Case Methodology

Rehfeldt, R. A., & Ghezzi, P. M. (1997). The steady-state strategy: How stable are we? Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 14, 23-25.

Sayrs, D. M., & Ghezzi, P. M. (1997). The steady-state strategy in applied behavior analysis. Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 15, 28-29.

Gambling

Ghezzi, P. M., Lyons, C. A., & Dixon, M. R. (2000). Gambling in socioeconomic perspective. In W. K. Bickel & R. E. Vuchinich (Eds.), Reframing health behavior change with behavioral economics, pp. 313-338. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Lyons, C. A., & Ghezzi, P. M. (1995). Wagering on a large scale: Relationships between public gambling and game manipulations in two state lotteries. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 28, 127-137.

Interbehaviorism

Ghezzi, P. M., & Lyons, C. A. (1997). Specializations in the language sciences. In L. J. Hayes & P. M. Ghezzi (Eds.), Investigations in behavioral epistemology. Reno, NV: Context Press.

Bijou, S. W., & Ghezzi, P. M. (1995). Background notes on Kantor´s treatment of language and linguistic behavior. The Interbehaviorist, 23, 22-25.

Bijou, S. W., & Ghezzi, P. M. (1994). Outline of J. R. Kantor´s Psychological Linguistics. Reno, NV: Context Press.