You know you are a behavior analyst when…

You know you are a behavior analyst when…

you are making a behavior plan in your head for the kid in front of you in the grocery store line.

you demand data.

your trunk is full of toys, binders and index cards.

you get a high from graphing data.

you quote Skinner at family dinners.

you can masterfully cut starbursts into 1/8ths.

you consider running into Greg Hanley, Pat Friman, or Julie Vargas as “celebrity sightings.”

ABC does not just denote the beginning of the alphabet.

your significant other says, “Are you trying to behavioralize me.” 

you have graphs, rather than pictures, of your children on the refrigerator.

you refer to getting naked as “disrobing.”

“eloping” doesn’t only mean running off and getting married. 

you roll your eyes when someone mixes up negative reinforcement and punishment…again.

when you say positive reinforcement, you mean adding something to it, not that it’s pleasant.

you discuss your favorite Skinner swag that you got from your last conference.

Can you think of any others?