The Role of Emotions in Reinforcement: Response Selection in Humans

Autor/in	Overskeid, Geir
Titel	The Role of Emotions in Reinforcement: Response Selection in Humans
Quelle	In: Psychological Record, 62 (2012) 1, S.125-131 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-2933
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Cognitive Processes; Psychological Patterns; Reinforcement; Emotional Response; Behavioral Science Research; Stimuli; Literature Reviews; Conditioning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Positive Verstärkung; Emotionales Verhalten; Anreizsystem
Abstract	Historically, researchers have never quite been able to agree as to the role of emotions, if any, when behavior is selected by its consequences. A brief review of findings from several fields suggests that in contingency-shaped behavior, motivating events, often unconscious, seem needed for reinforcement to select behavior. In rule-governed behavior, on the other hand, conscious feelings may be necessary for reinforcement to affect behavior. I conclude that the relevant literature broadly supports Skinner's (1986) claim that reinforcing stimuli have both a "pleasing" and a "strengthening" effect, and that pleasure resulting from a reinforcer does not necessarily reinforce behavior. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10