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Direct linkBarba, Lourenco de Souza – Behavior Analyst, 2012
In his article, the author claimed that studies of operant variability that use a lag-"n" or threshold procedure and measure the obtained variability through the change in U value fail to provide direct evidence that variability is an operant dimension of behavior. To do so, he adopted Catania's (1973) concept of the operant, which takes the…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning, Experiments, Feedback (Response)
Peer reviewedCostello, Raymond M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
This investigation examines the attitude-ambivalence measurement problem in the context of defining outcome criteria on which to measure the effects of aversive conditioning in alcoholism. (Author)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning, Drug Abuse
