Designing interventions that include delayed reinforcement: Implications of recent laboratory research

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 359-371

  Stromer, Robert ^b   McComas, Jennifer J ^c   Rehfeldt, Ruth Anne ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Delayed reinforcement; Integration of basic and applied research; Response allocation; Self control; Stimulus chains

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL; HUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS; TOKEN ECONOMY;

EID: 0034279976     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-359     Document Type: Article

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