The Effect of Delay and of Intervening Events on Reinforcement Value: Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Volume V / Edition 1

by Michael L. Commons, James E. Mazur, John A. Nevin, Howard Rachlin

Overview

First published in 1986. This is Volume V of six in a series on Quantitative Analyses of Behavior. Quantitative analysis now generally refers to the fact that theoretical issues are represented by quantitative models. An analysis is not a matter of fitting arbitrary functions to data points. The volumes in the present series have been written for behavioral scientists. Those concerned with issues in the study of how behavior is acquired and then allocated in various environments-biologists, psychologists, economists, anthropologists, and other researchers, as well as graduate students and advanced undergraduates in those areas-should find volumes in this series to be state-of the-art readers and reference works. Each volume of the series examines a particular topic that has been discussed at the annual Symposium on Quantitative Analyses of Behavior held at Harvard University. This volume, V, addresses the topic of how reinforcement value is affected by delay and intervening events. Self-control studies are also presented and discussed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780898598001
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/1986
Series:	Quantitative Analyses of Behavior Series
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1410L (what's this?)

About the Author

Michael L. Commons Harvard University, Jams E. Mazur Harvard University, John A. Nevin University of New Hampshire, Howard Rachlin State University of New York Stony Brook.

Table of Contents

About the Editors, List of Contributors, Preface, PART I STUDIES OF DELAY AND CHOICE: MOLAR AND MOLECULAR CONCEPTIONS OF CHOICE, PART II SINGLE SCHEDULES, PART III CONCURRENT SCHEDULES AND CONCURRENT-CHAIN SCHEDULES, PART IV SELF-CONTROL, Author Index, Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

"...a readable, provocative composite of recent advances in the development of quantitative models of operant behavior...Overall, I was impressed by the depth, diversity, and clarity of the material presented. Advanced undergraduates as well as active researchers will find the book illuminating."
—Contemporary Psychology

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