SOME IMPLICATIONS OF A RELATIONAL PRINCIPLE OF REINFORCEMENT1
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 27 (2) , 341-350
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1977.27-341
Abstract
A formal statement of a relational principle of reinforcement is developed that makes contact with analyses of choice, interresponse-time distributions, and stimulus control. Some implications for current theoretical and empirical work in the various areas are examined.Keywords
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