Punishment in a Procedure for Rapidly Establishing Steady-State Behavior: A Replication.

A straightforward approach to establishing that a stimulus functions as a punisher is to superimpose a single-alternative punishment schedule on a concurrent schedule of reinforcement with equal scheduled reinforcement on the two alternatives. If the stimulus acts as a punisher, there should be a sh...

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Publicado en:Psychological Record Vol. 73; no. 2; pp. 333 - 338
Autores principales: Klapes, Bryan, McDowell, J. J
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2023
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          Department of Psychology, Emory University, 36 Eagle Row, 30322, Atlanta, GA, USA
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