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The Behavior of Organisms

B. F. Skinner
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The article was published on 1938-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3337 citations till now.

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Why Battered Women Do Not Leave, Part 2 External Inhibiting Factors—Social Support and Internal Inhibiting Factors

TL;DR: In this article, a review of factors hindering battered women's chances of leaving violent relationships is presented, including economic dependency and the shortcomings of the criminal justice system, and internal inhibiting factors, including the processes and effects of socialization, psychological and victimization events.
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Instructional control of reinforcement learning: A behavioral and neurocomputational investigation

TL;DR: A neural network simulations that capture the interactions between instruction-driven and reinforcement-driven behavior via two potential neural circuits are presented, suggesting the existence of a "confirmation bias" in which the PFC/HC system trains the reinforcement system by amplifying outcomes that are consistent with instructions while diminishing inconsistent outcomes.
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Punishment and cooperation in nature

TL;DR: Why punishment appears to be most probable if players differ in strength or strategic options is examined by reviewing evidence from both laboratory experiments on humans and ecologically relevant studies on non-human animals.
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The Mentality of Apes

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Psychology from the Standpoint of a Behaviorist

TL;DR: Wozniak as mentioned in this paper describes the early elaboration of the theory of reflex, habit, and implicit response in the early stages of the development of the early development of behaviourism.