Montrose Wolf Explained

Birth Date:	May 29, 1935
Birth Place:	Houston, Texas
Death Place:	Lawrence, Kansas
Nationality:	American
Field:	Psychology, linguistics, Applied Behavior Analysis
Work Institutions:	University of Washington Arizona State University University of Kansas
Alma Mater:	University of Houston Arizona State University
Known For:	Teaching Family Model Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Montrose Madison Wolf (May 29, 1935 – March 19, 2004) was an American psychologist. He developed the technique of "time-out" as a learning tool to shape behavior in children in the 1960s.^[1] He was a leader in creating the discipline of problem-solving, real-world psychological research known as applied behavior analysis. He created the Teaching Family Model as an intervention program for dealing with juvenile delinquents. He helped replicate this model almost 800 times.^[2] In the field of applied behavior analysis he introduced and named the concept of social validity.^[3]

Donald Baer, Sidney W. Bijou, Todd Risley, James Sherman, and Wolf established the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, in 1968 as a peer-reviewed journal publishing research about experimental analysis of behavior and its practical applications.^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Risley, Todd (2005), "Montrose M. Wolf (1935–2004)", J Appl Behav Anal, Summer; 38(2): 279–287; .
2. Fixsen, D.L., Blasé, K, Timbers, G.D. and Wolf, M.M. (2007). In Search of Program Implementation: 792 Replications of the Teaching-Family Model. The Behavior Analyst Today,8(1), 96-114 BAO
3. Risley, Todd (2005), "Montrose M. Wolf (1935–2004)", J Appl Behav Anal, Summer; 38(2): 279–287; .
4. Morris, Edward K. "Sidney W. Bijou: November 12, 1908 to June 11, 2009", Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies. Accessed July 23, 2009.
5. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 1968. 1. 1. Board of Editors.