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Operant variability: Procedures and processes
- Source :
- Scopus-Elsevier
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2012.
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Abstract
- [Excerpt] Barba’s (2012) article deftly weaves three main themes in one argument about operant variability. From general theoretical considerations on operant behavior (Catania, 1973), Barba derives methodological guidelines about response differentiation and applies them to the study of operant variability. In the process, he uncovers unnoticed features of operant variability research (e.g., Neuringer, 2002) and proposes interesting modifications and extensions of current experimental practices. Barba’s article calls for renewed attention to important issues, and we find merit in his proposal to evaluate operant variability by comparing response distributions along a common continuous measure. We are less convinced, however, by the conceptual underpinnings that he brings to the task. [...]
- Subjects :
- Social Psychology
Process (engineering)
05 social sciences
Social Sciences
Task (project management)
Response differentiation
Clinical Psychology
Argument
Commentaries
0502 economics and business
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Operant conditioning
050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology
Psychology
Social psychology
050203 business & management
Cognitive psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21968918 and 07386729
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Behavior Analyst
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....004a1271f2baba18101a894be90e6b9b