An evaluation of praise as a reinforcer for preschoolers' behavior.
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DOI: 10.1002/jaba.591
Abstract: Behavior analysts and educators often recommend using praise, particularly descriptive praise, despite mixed empirical findings to support this recommendation. We evaluated the effectiveness of praise as a reinforcer during a reinforcer assessment using known tasks… read more here.
Keywords: reinforcer; praise; reinforcer preschoolers; praise reinforcer ... See more keywords
Control by past and present stimuli depends on the discriminated reinforcer differential.
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DOI: 10.1002/jeab.268
Abstract: The extent to which a stimulus exerts control over behavior depends largely on its informativeness. However, when reinforcers have discriminative properties, they often exert less control over behavior than do other less reliable stimuli such… read more here.
Keywords: reinforcer; less reliable; recent past; control ... See more keywords
Choosing among multiple alternatives: Relative and overall reinforcer rates.
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DOI: 10.1002/jeab.269
Abstract: Choice behavior among two alternatives has been widely researched, but fewer studies have examined the effect of multiple (more than two) alternatives on choice. Two experiments investigated whether changing the overall reinforcer rate affected preference… read more here.
Keywords: reinforcer; overall reinforcer; concurrent schedules; reinforcer rate ... See more keywords
Correspondence Between Preference Assessment Outcomes and Stimulus Reinforcer Value for Social Interactions
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DOI: 10.1007/s10864-017-9271-x
Abstract: Preferred forms of social interaction were identified using a paired-stimulus format in which two 3–5 s videos of the experimenter providing the social interaction to the participant were presented. Reinforcer efficacy of the high-, medium-, and… read more here.
Keywords: assessment outcomes; reinforcer; outcomes stimulus; preference ... See more keywords
Effects of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAr) uncompetitive antagonists in a delay discounting paradigm using a concurrent-chains procedure
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.03.039
Abstract: Impulsive choice is often assessed in rodents using a delay discounting (DD) paradigm in which the delay to a large reinforcer (LR) increases across the session. This procedure allows one to test the effects of… read more here.
Keywords: discounting paradigm; reinforcer; chains procedure; delay discounting ... See more keywords
Environment tracking and signal following in a reinforcer-ratio reversal procedure
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DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2018.10.001
Abstract: Several studies suggest that the degree of control by reinforcer ratios (environment tracking) and by exteroceptive stimuli that signal future reinforcer availability (signal following) depends on environmental certainty: As reinforcers become more likely at one… read more here.
Keywords: reinforcer; signal following; tracking signal; environment tracking ... See more keywords
An evolutionary model of reinforcer value
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DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104109
Abstract: Within the field of evolutionary biology, natural selection is often thought to favor traits that lead to individuals behaving as if they were maximizing their evolutionary fitness. The concept of the individual as a maximizer… read more here.
Keywords: reinforcer; model; biology; reinforcer value ... See more keywords
Macaques fail to develop habit responses during extended training on a reinforcer devaluation task.
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DOI: 10.1037/bne0000503
Abstract: Goal-directed behavior and habit are parallel and, at times, competing processes. The relative balance of flexible, goal-directed responding as compared to inflexible habitual responding is highly dependent on experience (e.g., training history in a task)… read more here.
Keywords: extended training; reinforcer; task; devaluation ... See more keywords
Comparison of progressive hold and progressive response schedules of reinforcement
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DOI: 10.1101/2022.08.17.504276
Abstract: Progressive ratio (PR) schedules had been widely used to study motivation to work for a reinforcer. After a post-reinforcer pause, subjects engage pressing a lever until a reinforcer is obtained. However, the discrete nature of… read more here.
Keywords: time; reinforcer; work time; progressive hold ... See more keywords
Social media sites users' choice between utilitarian and informational reinforcers assessed using temporal discounting
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.960321
Abstract: Objective This study provides a first approach to the use of the Multiple-Choice Procedure in social media networks use, as well as empirical evidence for the application of the Behavioral Perspective Model to digital consumption… read more here.
Keywords: social media; economics; reinforcer; choice ... See more keywords
Enhancing the Effects of Neurofeedback Training: The Motivational Value of the Reinforcers
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DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11040457
Abstract: The brain activity that is measured by electroencephalography (EEG) can be modified through operant conditioning, specifically using neurofeedback (NF). NF has been applied to several disorders claiming that a change in the erratic brain activity… read more here.
Keywords: reinforcer; enhancing effects; value; motivational value ... See more keywords