They use those behavior-shaping techniques in politically coordinated ways and they do so in order to continuously improve themselves and their culture.
They are striving to build a culture "based on cooperation, sharing, non-violence, equality and ecological sustainability".
In English, Comunidad de los Horcones means "community of the bifurcated wooden pillars".
At Los Horcones, bifurcated pillars are sometimes used to support a roof that protects a building's patio.
[9] The research strategy that Dr. Skinner presented in that book was widely adopted and grew into a school of psychology named the experimental analysis of behavior.
[10] In 1974 the Los Horconans began using the term "behaviorology" to refer to "the natural science of behavior".
Applied research refers to behavior-analytic applications of the experimental analysis of behavior to the prevention and solution of social problems.
TIBA's purpose statement reads, in part, "TIBA is a professional organization dedicated to representing and developing the philosophical, analytical, experimental, and technological components of the discipline of behaviorology, the comprehensive natural science of the functional relations of behavior including determinants from the environment, both socio-cultural and non-cultural, as well as determinants from the biological history of the species".
[13] In August 1988 three Los Horconans attended the first TIBA convention, which was held at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York.
TIBA subsequently changed its name and is today known as the International Society for Behaviorology (ISB).