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Direct linkHolth, Per – Behavior Analyst, 2012
A series of experiments on operant variability by Neuringer and colleagues (e.g., Neuringer, 1986, 2002; Page & Neuringer, 1985) have been repeatedly cited as showing that behavioral variability can be reinforced by making reinforcement contingent on it. They showed that the degree of variability in pigeons' eight-peck sequences, as measured by U…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Reinforcement, Topography
Download full textWeatherly, Jeffrey N.; Thompson, Bradley J.; Hodny, Marisa; Meier, Ellen – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
In a simulated casino environment, 6 nonpathological women played concurrently available commercial slot machines programmed to pay out at different rates. Participants did not always demonstrate preferences for the higher paying machine. The data suggest that factors other than programmed or obtained rate of reinforcement may control gambling…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Females, Games, Probability
Edwards, Nicole Megan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Guided by Bioecological Systems Theory and Schema Theory, I investigated mothers' perceptions regarding the emotional development of their preschool children. Researchers acknowledge mothers' contributing role in influencing children's behavioral displays of emotion, but there is a dearth in the literature on mothers. emotion-related behaviors,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mothers, Disadvantaged, Child Rearing
