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The stimulus-reinforcer hypothesisof behavioral momentum: Some methodological considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

Carlos F. Aparicio
Carlos F. Aparicio
Affiliation:
Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones en Comportamiento, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, A.P. 5-374 aparicio@udgserv.cencar.udg.mx udgserv.cencar.udg.mx~ceip
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Abstract

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This commentary focuses on the stimulus-reinforcer hypothesis of resistance to change. The overall context of reinforcement can account for resistance to extinction. There are ways to systematically test the hypothesis that Pavlovian contingencies account for the behavioral “mass” of discriminated operant behavior.

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Brief Report
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 2000 , pp. 90 - 91
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press