Reinforcement contingencies and social reinforcement: Some reciprocal relations between basic and applied research

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 241-253

  Vollmer, Timothy R ^a   Hackenberg, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic and applied research; Contingency; Reinforcement; Social reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035377921     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2001.34-241     Document Type: Article

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