Matching Law - A Research Review

Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1988, the purpose of this title was to present a coherent summary of the previous 30 years’ of research on the way in which animals and humans distribute their behaviour between alternative sources of reinforcement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Historical Antecedents 2. The Strict Matching Law 3. Herrnstein’s Equations, Multiple Schedules, and Empirical Research 4. Generalized Matching 5. Quantitative Methods 6. Concurrent-Schedule Research I: Reinforcer Parameters 7. Concurrent-Schedule Research II: Schedule Types 8. Concurrent-Schedule Research III: Miscellany 9. Multiple-Schedule Research 10. Concurrent-Chain Performance 11.Matching Models of Signal Detection 12.For the Future. References. Author Index. Subject Index

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• Authors: Michael Davison, Michael Mccarthy Davison, Davison Michael, Dianne McCarthy, McCarthy Dianne
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.06.2016
• EAN: 9781138194274
• ISBN: 978-1-138-19427-4
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Psychology Library Editions: Cognitive Science
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Cognition and cognitive psychology, Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Behaviorism