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The Effect of Delay and of Intervening Events on Reinforcement Value Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Volume V
362 Pages
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Psychology Press
344 Pages
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Psychology Press
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First published in 1986. This is Volume V of six in a series on Quantitative Analyses of Behavior. Quantitative analysis now generally refers to the fact that theoretical issues are represented by quantitative models. An analysis is not a matter of fitting arbitrary functions to data points. The volumes in the present series have been written for behavioral scientists. Those concerned with issues... Read more
About the Editors, List of Contributors, Preface, PART I STUDIES OF DELAY AND CHOICE: MOLAR AND MOLECULAR CONCEPTIONS OF CHOICE, PART II SINGLE SCHEDULES, PART III CONCURRENT SCHEDULES AND CONCURRENT-CHAIN SCHEDULES, PART IV SELF-CONTROL, Author Index, Subject Index
Biography
Michael L. Commons Harvard University, Jams E. Mazur Harvard University, John A. Nevin University of New Hampshire, Howard Rachlin State University of New York Stony Brook.
"...a readable, provocative composite of recent advances in the development of quantitative models of operant behavior...Overall, I was impressed by the depth, diversity, and clarity of the material presented. Advanced undergraduates as well as active researchers will find the book illuminating."
—Contemporary Psychology
