A day of great illumination: B. F. Skinner's discovery of shaping

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-328

  Peterson, Gail B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediated; Reinforcement; Shaping; Skinner; Verbal behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344258158     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2004.82-317     Document Type: Review

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