Sidney W. and Janet R. Bijou Fellowship Recipients
2003: Caio Miguel, Western Michigan University
Caio Miguel received his bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil. He completed his MA degree in Behavior Analysis at Western Michigan University where he is currently working on his PhD. Caio’s research interests include verbal behavior, more specifically, language development/acquisition. His master’s thesis evaluated the role of automatic reinforcement on the development of vocal behavior in children diagnosed with autism. The results of this study were published in the journal The Analysis of Verbal Behavior.
As a primary student investigator, Caio has collaborated in several research projects with children. These include the evaluation of the Interpolated Reinforcement Effect (IRE) with preschoolers, use of tabletop conditional discrimination procedures to teach geography to children diagnosed with autism, and the study of the effects of multiple-tact and receptive-discrimination training upon the acquisition of word categories/intraverbal skills by preschoolers.
Caio has also taught several sections of the Introduction to Behavior Analysis Laboratory (rat lab), has served as Dr. Jack Michael’s graduate teaching assistant, and has taught two semesters of an undergraduate class, Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis. In 2002 and 2003, the Psychology Department and Graduate College at Western Michigan University awarded Caio the department graduate research and creative scholar and the university-wide outstanding graduate teacher awards.
Currently, Caio is interested in studying the relationship between listener and speaker’s repertoires in the development of arbitrary stimulus classes. His dissertation research will be co-supervised by Dr. James Carr and Dr. Jack Michael. Subsequent to obtaining his PhD, Caio plans to continue working with children and possibly developing a verbal behavior research program.
Other 2003 Recipients:
Marleen Adema, University of Wales, Bangor
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