Human Behavioral Persistence

Autor: Harold Weiner
Rok vydání: 1970
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Zdroj: The Psychological Record. 20:445-456
ISSN: 2163-3452
0033-2933
DOI: 10.1007/bf03393965
Popis: Human behavior may persist despite the fact that it produces unnecessary (preventable) loss of positive reinforcement. Data are presented which demonstrate that such persistence may be due to (1) a history of conditioning which fails to provide individuals with needed behavioral repertoires and (2) a current environment which reinforces such persistence, that is, fails to make all net gains of reinforcement contingent upon change. Procedures which prevent or modify behavioral persistence in the face of preventable loss of positive reinforcement are illustrated.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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