Explaining avoidance: two factors are still better than one. |
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| Authors: | A Baron and M Perone |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 53201, USA. ab@uwm.edu |
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| Abstract: | Two-factor theory remains a viable account of avoidance behavior. By emphasizing the interplay of respondent and operant contingencies, two-factor theory encourages the analysis of stimuli that mediate molar consequences and incorporates control by local events as well as events that are temporally remote, improbable, or cumulative. |
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| Keywords: | avoidance two-factor theory single-factor theory shock-frequency reduction molar account molecular account timeout from avoidance |
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