An empirical analysis of interspersal research evidence, implications, and applications of the discrete task completion hypothesis

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 347-368

  Skinner, Christopher H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assignment choice; Conditioned reinforcement; Discrete task completion hypothesis; Matching law; Second order schedules

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036315632     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4405(02)00101-2     Document Type: Article

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