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Lotfizadeh, Amin D.; Edwards, Timothy L.; Redner, Ryan; Poling, Alan – Behavior Analyst, 2012
Several recent studies have explored what Michael (e.g., 1982) termed the "value-altering" effect and the "behavior-altering" effect of motivating operations. One aspect of the behavior-altering effect that has garnered no recent attention involves changes in stimulus control produced by motivating operations. To call attention to this aspect of…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Stimuli, Stimulus Generalization, Motivation
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Matos, Maria Amelia; Passos, Maria de Lourdes – Behavior Analyst, 2010
The production of verbal operants not previously taught is an important aspect of language productivity. For Skinner, new mands, tacts, and autoclitics result from the recombination of verbal operants. The relation between these mands, tacts, and autoclitics is what linguists call "analogy," a grammatical pattern that serves as a foundation on…
Descriptors: Creativity, Verbal Stimuli, Grammar, Linguistics
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Perkins, David R.; Dougher, Michael J.; Greenway, David E. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2007
This study investigated conditions leading to contextual control by stimulus topography over transfer of functions. Three 4-member stimulus equivalence classes, each consisting of four (A, B, C, D) topographically distinct visual stimuli, were established for 5 college students. Across classes, designated A stimuli were open-ended linear figures,…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Behavior, Reinforcement, Association (Psychology)
Weisberg, Paul – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Research supported by Grants MH-11699-01 and NB-04268 from the U.S. Public Health Service.
Descriptors: Behavior, Controlled Environment, Infant Behavior, Operant Conditioning