Download or read book Quantitative Effects of Magnitude of Reinforcement on Response Strength and Resistance to Extinction written by Robert James Craig and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Response Strength and Magnitude of Reinforcement written by Paula Ann Balboni and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effect of Shifts in Reward Magnitude and Changes of Schedule of Reinforcement on Resistance to Extinction written by Richard James Boylan and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Combined Effect of Reinforcement Ratio and Response Effort on Resistance to Extinction written by Carol Ann Hallowell and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Magnitude of Reinforcement written by Nancy Kay Groschwitz and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Preference Resistance to Change and Qualitatively Different Reinforcers written by Christopher A. Podlesnik and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preference for one stimulus context over another and resistance to disruption within those contexts are a function of the conditions of reinforcement arranged within those contexts. According to behavioral momentum theory, these measures are converging expressions of the concept of response strength. Most studies have found that preference in concurrent chains and resistance to change are greater in contexts presenting higher rates or larger magnitudes of reinforcement. The present series of experiments attempted to extend behavioral momentum theory by examining whether differences in reinforcer type affect relative response strength with rats lever pressing for different types of food. In Experiment 1 of Chapter 2, several nonuniform disrupter types were examined that provided free access to a food type that was the same as one reinforcer type. Responding decreased more in the context presenting the same type of reinforcer as the disrupter, suggesting that many traditional disrupters (e.g., satiation) are inappropriate for examining how reinforcer type impacts response strength. Therefore, extinction was used throughout the remainder of the experiments to more uniformly disrupt responding across contexts. In Experiment 2 of Chapter 2, resistance to extinction was assessed when food pellets and a sucrose solution maintained responding across contexts. Moreover, relative reinforcer type was manipulated by changing the sucrose concentration across conditions. Relative response rates were systematically affected by changing sucrose concentration, but relative resistance to extinction was not. In Experiment 3 of Chapter 2, qualitative difference between reinforcers was enhanced and preference also was assessed to provide a converging measure of response strength. Preference and relative response rates were systematically affected, but relative resistance to extinction again was not. Finally, in Chapter 3, relative reinforcer rate and type were manipulated while assessing preference and resistance to extinction using the matching law. Preference, but not resistance to extinction, consistently was affected by changes in reinforcer rate and type. Systematic deviations in sensitivity and bias, however, suggested that different reinforcer types interacted with reinforcer rate. Overall, these findings suggest that the overall context of reinforcement, including interactions between different reinforcer types, should be considered when assessing preference and relative resistance to change.

Download or read book Durable Secondary Reinforcement written by Donald W.. Zimmerman and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1957 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book RESISTANCE TO EXTINCTION AS A FUNCTION OF SUCROSE CONCENTRATION AND NUMBER OF ACQUISITION TRIALS written by Robert Frank House and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effect of Partial Reinforcement on Acquisition and Extinction of a Class of Verbal Responses written by Frederick H. Kanfer and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The effects of magnitude and schedule of reward and number of partially reinforced acquisition training trials on resistance to extinction written by Robert Eugene Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Resistance to Extinction as a Function of the Number of Blocks of Fixed ratio Reinforcement written by Ruth Holm Wells and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effect of Patterning of Reinforcement on Resistance to Extinction in a Free Response Situation written by Charles Arthur Norman and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Investigation of the Effects of the Magnitude of Monetary Reinforcement on Concurrent Fixed Ratio Performance of Low Level Developmentally Retarded Adults written by Iraj Broomand and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Matching Law written by Richard J. Herrnstein and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This impressive collection features Richard Herrnstein's most important and original contributions to the social and behavioral sciences--his papers on choice behavior in animals and humans and on his discovery and elucidation of a general principle of choice called the matching law. In recent years, the most popular theory of choice behavior has been rational choice theory. Developed and elaborated by economists over the past hundred years, it claims that individuals make choices in such a way as to maximize their well-being or utility under whatever constraints they face; that is, people make the best of their situations. Rational choice theory holds undisputed sway in economics, and has become an important explanatory framework in political science, sociology, and psychology. Nevertheless, its empirical support is thin. The matching law is perhaps the most important competing explanatory account of choice behavior. It views choice not as a single event or an internal process of the organism but as a rate of observable events over time. It states that instead of maximizing utility, the organism allocates its behavior over various activities in exact proportion to the value derived from each activity. It differs subtly but significantly from rational choice theory in its predictions of how people exert self-control, for example, how they decide whether to forgo immediate pleasures for larger but delayed rewards. It provides, through the primrose path hypothesis, a powerful explanation of alcohol and narcotic addiction. It can also be used to explain biological phenomena, such as genetic selection and foraging behavior, as well as economic decision making.

Download or read book The Effects of Reinforcement Magnitude Upon Responding in a Two component Chained Schedule written by Emily Hope Gitnik and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Using a Behavioral Momentum Preparation to Examine the Effects of Reinforcer Magnitude and Quality on Resistance to Extinction written by Meeta R. Patel and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Behavior Analysis written by Henry S. Roane and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2024-01-10 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive volume to bridge the gap between the science of behavior and applied behavior analysis (ABA). The book demonstrates how laboratory research informs real-world interventions to facilitate behavior change, and vice versa. Most of the chapters are written by researcher–clinician collaborators, who highlight commonalities and differences in the ways they conceptualize behavior and collect, analyze, and use data. Chapters present translational perspectives on conditioning, reinforcement, extinction, choice, verbal behavior, and more. Ethical considerations in translational research are explored. Training in foundational knowledge is a key requirement for behavior analyst certification, making this a needed resource for current and future ABA practitioners.