“Pure basic” science can become detached from the natural world that it is supposed to
explain.“Pure applied” work can become detached from fundamental processes that shape …

This review concerns human performance on concurrent schedules of reinforcement.
Studies indicate that humans match relative behavior to relative rate of reinforcement …

The social learning theory of crime integrates Edwin H. Sutherland's diff erential association
theory with behavioral learning theory. It is a widely accepted and applied approaches to …

Using a consistent Skinnerian perspective, Behavior Analysis and Learning: A
Biobehavioral Approach, Sixth Edition provides an advanced introduction to the principles of …

Following the success of editions one and two, this revised, updated and extended edition of
Social Skills in Interpersonal Communication will continue as the core textbook for students …

Matching theory is a mathematical account of behavior, many aspects of which have been
confirmed in laboratory experiments with nonhuman and human subjects. The theory …

Substitutability is a construct borrowed from microeconomics that describes a continuum of
possible interactions among the reinforcers in a given situation. Highly substitutable …

Six experiments, each with 5 human adults, were conducted to investigate the determinants
of human performance on multiple concurrent variable‐interval schedules. A two‐key …

The high‐probability (high‐p) instructional sequence has been an effective treatment for
noncompliance. However, treatment failures have also been reported. We hypothesized that …

The costs of disconnection between the basic and applied sectors of behavior analysis are
reviewed, and some solutions to these problems are proposed. Central to these solutions …