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Papers are listed by topic, and then presented in chronological order. The outline links to the topics.

Model of Hierarchical Complexity and Stage

Commons, M. L., Ross, S. N., & Miller, J. G. (2010). Why Postformal Stages of Development are not Formal, but Postformal. Integral World, 1-13.

Commons, M. L. (2009). Further issues in stage metrics. Integral Review, 5, 315-323.

Commons, M. L., Goodheart, E. A., Pekker, A., Dawson, T. L., Draney, K., & Adams, K. M. (2008). Using rasch scaled stage scores to validate orders of hierarchical complexity of balance beam task sequences, Journal of Applied Measurement, 9, 182-199.

Commons, M. L. Galaz-Fontes, J. F. & Morse, S. J. (2006). Leadership, Cross-Cultural Contact, Socio-Economic Status, and Formal Operational Reasoning about Moral Dilemmas among Mexican Non-Literate Adults and High School Students. Journal of Moral Education, 35, 247-267.

Commons, M. L., Locicero, A., Ross, S. Miller, P. M. (200#). Hierarchical Complexity Scoring System (HCSS) Applied to the Issues of Understanding Terrorism and Successfully Dealing with It

Commons, M. L., Miller, P. M., Goodheart, E. A., & Danaher-Gilpin, D. (200#). Hierarchical Complexity Scoring System: How to Score Anything (also available in HTML)

Commons, M. L., & Pekker, A. (200#). Hierarchical Complexity: A Formal Theory.

Commons, M. L., & Richards, F. A. (200#). Organizing Components into Combinations: How Stage Transition Works.

Commons, M. L., & Bresette, L. M. (200#). Illuminating Major Creative Innovators with the Model of Hierarchical Complexity

Commons, M. L., Goodheart, E. A., Bresette, L. M., Bauer, N. F., Farrell, E. W., McCarthy, K. G., Danaher, D. L., Richards, F. A., Ellis, J. B., O'Brien, A. M., Rodriguez, J. A., & Schraeder, D. S. (200#). Formal, Systematic, and Metasystematic Operations with a Balance-Beam Task Series: A Reply to Kallio's Claim of no Distinct Systematic Stage

Marchand, H. (200#). Some Reflections on Postformal Thought

Commons, M. L., & Miller, P. M. (200#). Development of Behavioral Stages in Animals

Commons, M. L., & White, M. S. (200#). A Complete Theory of Tests for a Theory of Mind Must Consider Hierarchical Complexity and Stage

Commons, M. L., Trudea, E. J., Stein, S. A., Richards, F. A., & Krause, S. R. (200#). Hierarchical Complexity of Tasks Shows the Existence of Developmental Stages

Commons, M. L., & Richards, F. A. Four Postformal Stages.

Commons, M. L., & Miller, P. M. (200#). A Complete Theory of Human Evolution of Intelligence Must Consider Stage Changes

Commons, M. L. (200#). Introduction: Attaining a New Stage

Commons, M. L., Richards, F. A., & Kuhn, D. (200#). Systematic and Metasystematic Reasoning: A Case for Levels of Reasoning Beyond Piaget's Stage of Formal Operations

Commons, M. L., Miller, P. M., & Kuhn, D. (200#). The Relation Between Formal Operational Reasoning and Academic Course Selection and Performance Among College Freshmen and Sophomores

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Stage and Politics

LaLlave, J. (2005). The Acceptability of Arguments in Favour of and Against the Iraq War, Conflict & Communication Online, 4, 1-16.

Commons, M. L., & Rodriguez, J. A. (200#). "Equal Access" without "Establishing" Religion: The Necessity for Assessing Social Perspective-Taking Skills and Institutional Atmosphere

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Moral Developmental Stage

Commons, M. L. (2001). The Notion of Events and Three Ways of Knowing: Problems with Mentalistic Explanations, Freewill, Self, Soul, and Intrinsic Motivation (external link)

Commons, M. L., & Funk J. (200#). Review: Human Development and the Spiritual Life: How Consciousness Grows toward Transformation

Sonnert, G., & Commons, M. L. (200#). Society and the Highest Stages of Moral Development

Commons, M. L., & Wolfsont, C. A. (200#). A Complete Theory of Empathy Must Consider Stage Changes

Commons, M. L. (200#). Stress, Consoling, and Attachment Interviews

Commons, M. L., Lee, P., Gutheil, T. G., Rubin, E., Goldman, M., & Appelbaum P. S. (200#). Moral State of Reasoning and the Misperceived "Duty" to Report Past Crimes (Misprision)

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Stage and Professional Decision Making

Commons, M. L., Rodriguez, J. A., Adams, K. M., Goodheart, E. A., Gutheil, T. G., Cyr, E. D. (2006). Informed Consent: Do You Know It When You See It? Evaluating the Adequacy of Patient Consent and the Value of a Lawsuit. Psychiatric Annals, 36, 430-435.

Commons, M. L., Miller, P. M., & Gutheil, T. G. (2004). Expert Witness Perceptions of Bias in Experts

Gutheil, T. G., Commons, M. L., Miller, P. M., & LaLlave, J. (2000). "Telling Tales Out of Court": A Pilot Study of Experts' Disclosures About Opposing Experts.

Gutheil, T. G., Slater, F. E., Commons, M. L., & Goodheart, E. A. (1998). Expert Witness Travel Dilemmas: A Pilot Study of Billing Practices

Commons, M. L. (200#). The Power Therapies: A Proposed Mechanism for Their Action and Suggestions for Future Empirical Validation

Miller, P. M., Commons, M. L., & Gutheil, T. G. (200#). Clinicans' Perceptions of Boundaries in Brazil and the United States

Strasburger, L. H., Miller, P. M., Commons, M. L., Gutheil, T. G., & LaLlave, J. (200#). Stress and the Forensic Psychiatrist: A Pilot Study

Commons, M. L., Bohn, J. T., Godon, L. T., Hauser, M. J., & Gutheil, T. G. (200#). Professionals' Attitudes Towards Sex Between Institutionalized Patients

Kearney, A. J., Gutheil, T. G., & Commons, M. L. (1996). Trading Forensic and Family Commitments

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Quantitative Analyses of Behavior

Commons, M. L., & Pekker, A. (under review). A New Discounting Model of Reinforcement

Commons, M. L., & Hallinan, P. W. (2010). Intelligent pattern recognition: Hierarchical organization of concepts

Commons, M. L., Bing, E. W., Griffy, C. C., & Trudeau, E. J. (2010). Models of acquisition and preference

Commons, M. L. (2006). Measuring an Approximate g in Animals and People. Integral Review, 3, 82-99.

Commons, M. L., Woodford, M., & Trudeau, E. J. (200#). How Each Reinforcer Contributes to Value: "Noise" Must Reduce Reinforcer Value Hypberbolically.

Commons, M. L., & Miller, P. M. (200#). A Quantitative Behavioral Model of Developmental Stage Based upon Hierarchical Complexity Theory

Commons, M. L. (200#). Part 1 How Reinforcement Density is Discriminated and Scaled

Commons, M. L. (200#). Part 2 How Reinforcement Density is Discriminated and Scaled

Commons, M. L. (200#). Part 3 How Reinforcement Density is Discriminated and Scaled

Commons, M. L. (200#). Decision Rules and Signal Detectability in a Reinforcement-density Discrimination

Commons, M. L., Woodford, M., & Ducheny, J. R. (200#). How Reinforcers are Aggregated in Reinforcement-Density Discrimination and Preference Experiments

Commons, M. L. (1979). Decision rules and signal detectability in a reinforcement-density discrimination. Journal of Experimental Analyses of Behavior, 32, 101-120.

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History

Commons, M. L. (2000) . The Beginnings of the Free Speech Movement Within Slate

Commons, M. L. (200#). A Short History of the Society for Quantitative Analyses of Behavior

Commons, M. L., & Goodhear, E. A. (1999). The origins of behaviorism. In The Philosophical Legacy of Behaviorism. (Ed.) Bruce A. Thyer.

Developmental

Bernholt, S., Parchmann, lka, & Commons, M. L. (2009). Kompetenzmodellierung zwischen Forschung und Unterrichtspraxis. Zeitschrift fur Didaktik der Naturwissenschaften, 15, 217-243.

Commons, M. L. (200#). The State of the Art on Perry and Epistemological Development? An Introduction

Commons-Miller, L. A. H., & Commons, M. L. (200#). Recognizing Specialized Terminology Presented Through Different Modes

Price, M., Kafka, M., Commons, M. L., Gutheil, T. G., & Simpson, W. (200#). Telephone Scatologia Cormorbidity with Other Paraphilias and Paraphilia-related Disorders

Richman, A. L., Miller, P. M., & DeVine, R. A. (200#). Cultural and Educational Variations in Maternal Responsiveness

Kearney, A. J., Gutheil, T. G., & Commons, M. L. (1996). Trading Forensic and Family Commitments

Levine, R. A., & Miller, P.M. (1990). Commentary

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