Defining Delayed Consequences as Reinforcers: Some Do, Some Don't, and Nothing Changes

Autor/inn/en	Bradley, Kelly P.; Poling, Alan
Titel	Defining Delayed Consequences as Reinforcers: Some Do, Some Don't, and Nothing Changes
Quelle	In: Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 26 (2010), S.41-49 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0889-9401
Schlagwörter	Behavioral Science Research; Reinforcement; Verbal Communication; Probability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Positive Verstärkung; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie
Abstract	Results of a survey sent to members of the editorial boards of five behavior-analytic journals in 1990 indicated that there was no consensus among respondents with respect to whether delayed events can function as reinforcers (Schlinger, Blakely, Fillhard, & Poling, 1991). Since that time, several studies with nonhuman animals have demonstrated that events delayed by at least several seconds can increase the probability of occurrence of the responses that produce them. To determine the relative number of contemporary behavior analysts who nonetheless believe that reinforcers must immediately follow the responses that produce them, the present study replicated the procedures used by Schlinger et al., with similar results. That is, respondents did not agree with respect to whether delayed events could be reinforcers. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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