Non-contingent positive and negative reinforcement schedules of supersitious behaviors

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-13

  Bloom, C M ^a   Venard, J ^b   Harden, M ^c   Seetharaman, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

^b Indiana University School of Medicine Evansville   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Negative reinforcement; Non contingent reinforcement; Superstition

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; STUDENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; REINFORCEMENT; SELF REPORT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERSTITION;

ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF STIMULATION; SUPERSTITIONS;

EID: 33947585301     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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