Journal
JOURNAL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR
Volume 93, Issue 1, Pages 129-139Publisher
SOC EXP ANALYSIS BEHAVIOR INC
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2010.93-129
Keywords
delay; reinforcement; gradient; temporal contiguity; chained schedule; tandem schedule; primary principle; derived principle
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The experimental analysis of delay of reinforcement. is considered from the perspective of three questions that seem basic not only to understanding delay of reinforcement, but, also, by implication, the contributions of temporal relations between events to operant behavior. The first. question is whether effects of the temporal relation between responses and reinforcers can be isolated from other features of the environment that often accompany delays, such as stimuli or changes in the temporal distribution or rate of reinforcement. The second question is that of the effects of delays on operant behavior. Beyond the common denominator of a temporal separation between reinforcers and the responses that produce them, delay of reinforcement procedures differ from one another along several dimensions, making delay effects circumstance dependent. The final question is one of interpreting delay of reinforcement. effects. It centers on the role of the response-rein forcer temporal relation in the context of other, concurrently operating behavioral processes.
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