The Matching Law and Quantifications Related to Premack's Principle.

Mazur, James E.

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Publication Date: 1975

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The Matching Law and Quantifications Related to Premack's Principle

Mazur, James E.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 1, 4, 374-86, Oct 75

This article demonstrated that equations derived from Herrnstein's matching law can make quantitative predictions for many of the effects David Premack has studied on the relative nature of reinforcement. (Author/RK)

Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Experimental Psychology, Prediction, Psychological Studies, Reinforcement, Research Methodology, Tables (Data)

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