Originally published in 1988, the purpose of this title was to present a coherent summary of
the previous 30 years' of research on the way in which animals and humans distribute their …

Relative performance and reinforcement measures obtained from concurrent schedules
show just such an orderly relation. This chapter is concerned with an evaluation of …

This book reviews how people and animals learn and how their behaviors are later changed
as a result of this learning. Nearly all of our behaviors are influenced by prior learning …

The costs associated with a drug's clinical trials are so significant that it has become
necessary to validate both its safety and efficacy in animal models prior to the continued …

This classic edition of the Handbook of Operant Behavior presents seminal work in the field
of learning and behavior, foreshadowing a new direction for learning research, and …

A detection-theory model to describe the effects of varying stimulus disparity on switching-
key concurrent variable-interval schedule performance (Miller, Saunders, & Bourland, 1980) …

In a chamber with a single response key, pigeon's key pecks were reinforced with food
according to a variable‐interval schedule. In addition, extra reinforcements occurred …

Three human subjects detected unpredictable signals by pressing either of two telegraph
keys. The relative frequencies with which detections occurred for the two alternatives were …

Since foraging in nature can be viewed as instrumental behavior, choice between sources of
food, known as “patches,” can be viewed as choice between instrumental response …

O behaviorismo é uma filosofia da ciência preocupada com o tema e métodos da
psicologia. Análise docomportamento não é uma área da psicologia, mas uma maneira de …