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Schedules of reinforcement
C. B. Ferster,B. F. Skinner +1 more
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The article was published on 1957-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3148 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Reinforcement.read more
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Effects of Externally Mediated Rewards on Intrinsic Motivation.
TL;DR: Vroom et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated the effects of external rewards on intrinsic motivation to perform an activity and found that when money was used as an external reward, intrinsic motivation tended to decrease, whereas when verbal reinforcement and positive feedback were used to increase.
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On the law of effect
TL;DR: Experiments on single, multiple, and concurrent schedules of reinforcement find various correlations between the rate of responding and the rate or magnitude of reinforcement, which can be accounted for by a coherent system of equations.
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Learned helplessness: Theory and evidence.
TL;DR: The learned helplessness hypothesis is proposed, which argues that when events are uncontrollable the organism learns that its behavior and outcomes are independent, and that this learning produces the motivational, cognitive, and emotional effects of uncontrollabi lity.
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Developmental Neurocircuitry of Motivation in Adolescence: A Critical Period of Addiction Vulnerability
TL;DR: An exploration of developmental changes in neurocircuitry involved in impulse control has significant implications for understanding adolescent behavior, addiction vulnerability, and the prevention of addiction in adolescence and adulthood.
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The technology of teaching
TL;DR: A special branch of psychology, the so-called experimental analysis of behaviour, has produced if not an art at least a technology of teaching from which one can indeed deduce programs and schemes and methods of instruction as discussed by the authors.
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Science and human behavior
TL;DR: The psychology classic "Walden Two" as mentioned in this paper is a detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled from one of the most influential behaviorists of the twentieth century.
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Avoidance conditioning with brief shock and no exteroceptive warning signal.
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Discriminability and stimulus generalization.
Norman Guttman,Harry I. Kalish +1 more