The Premack principle in human experimental and applied settings |
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Authors: | Terry J Knapp |
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Institution: | Behavior Therapy and Research Center, Nevada Mental Health Institute, P.O. Box 2460, Reno, NV 89505, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Studies claiming support for the Premack Principle in human experimental and applied settings are reviewed in terms of the standard test conditions associated with the Principle and in terms of the Principle's conceptual constrains. Little definitive evidence was found to support the claim that a high probability response will reinforce a lower probability response, nor was the converse contention supported, that a low probability response will act as a punisher for a high probability response. More importantly, among the reports reviewed there was no evidence for the reversibility of the reinforcement relationship. |
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Keywords: | Request for reprints should be sent to the author at the Department of Psychology West Virginia University Morgantown West Virginia 26506 |
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