Applying the behavioral economics principle of unit price to dro schedule thinning

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 529-534

  Roane, Henry S ^a,c   Falcomata, Terry S ^b   Fisher, Wayne W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Differential reinforcement; Reinforcement magnitude

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOKEN ECONOMY;

EID: 38449121433     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2007.40-529     Document Type: Article

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