Psychology

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• Broadens coverage of “delayed matching to sample” and the issue of memory in the chapter on stimulus control. Pg.___

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• Features a new application section in discussion of conditioned reinforcement. Pg.___

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 1. A Science of Behavior: Perspective, History, and Assumptions.


 2. The Experimental Analysis of Behavior.


 3. Reflexive Behavior and Respondent Conditioning.


 4. Complexities of Respondent Conditioning.


 5. Reinforcement and Extinction of Operant Behavior.


 6. Operant-Respondent Interrelationships and the Biological Context of Conditioning.


 7. Schedules of Reinforcement.


 8. Stimulus Control.


 9. Aversive Regulation of Behavior.


10. Choice and Preference.


11. Conditioned Reinforcement.


12. Verbal Behavior.


13. Applied Behavior Analysis.


14. Three Levels of Selection: Biology, Behavior, and Culture.


Glossary.


References.


Index.

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