Abstract:
:Reinforcement contingencies and social reinforcement are ubiquitous phenomena in applied behavior analysis. This discussion paper is divided into two sections. In the first section, reinforcement contingencies are discussed in terms of the necessary and sufficient conditions for reinforcement effects. Response-stimulus dependencies, conditional probabilities, and contiguity are discussed as possible mechanisms of, and arrangements for, reinforcement effects. In the second section, social reinforcement is discussed in terms of its functional subtypes and reinforcement context effects. Two underlying themes run throughout the discussion: (a) Applied research would benefit from a greater understanding of existing basic research, and (b) basic research could be designed to specifically address some of the issues about reinforcement that are central to effective application.
journal_name
J Appl Behav Analjournal_title
Journal of applied behavior analysisauthors
Vollmer TR,Hackenberg TDdoi
10.1901/jaba.2001.34-241keywords:
subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-07-01 00:00:00pages
241-53issue
2eissn
0021-8855issn
1938-3703journal_volume
34pub_type
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