An article by James Hughes in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (2009) considered how high-probability requests could influence the compliance of hostage takers to the advantage of negotiators. In 2015, Emily Mandel reviewed the article by James Hughes in bsci21.org.

In this interview with Emily Mandel we discuss hostage negotiation and how high-probability requests, that precede low-probability requests, could make a difference in a critical situation.

Show Highlights:
- Emily's interest in behavior analysis and the many applications of this science.
- Behavioral momentum and influence on compliance. How the presentation of high-probability requests before a low-probability can matter.
- The uniqueness of the Hughes (2009) study and how the data was gathered.
- The limitations of the current research and where we can go from here.

The article in bsci21.org by Emily Mandel:
https://bsci21.org/the-use-of-high-probability-request-sequences-in-hostage-negotiation/

Information about the three hostage situations:

https://www.policeone.com/police-products/communications/crisis-communications/articles/1284852-Retrospective-The-1981-take-over-of-the-Atlanta-FBI-office/

https://nypost.com/2014/08/03/the-man-who-inspired-dog-day-afternoon/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Sacramento_hostage_crisis

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