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Romesburg, H. Charles – American Biology Teacher, 2019
A classroom exercise is described in which college students take part in creating and supporting an evolutionary hypothesis that explains effort grunting. The exercise holds their interest throughout and readies them to understand hypotheses of animal and plant evolution. It informs them about the dependence of cultural evolution upon biological…
Descriptors: Evolution, Genetics, Science Instruction, Biology
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Palmer, David C. – Behavior Analyst, 2012
The following article by Barba (2012a) addresses Neuringer's proposal that variability is an operant dimension of behavior, that is, that variability can be reinforced, extinguished, and brought under stimulus control, just like any other response property. Barba confines his argument to methodological considerations: He points out that the…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning, Behavior