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ERIC Number: EJ987170
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-2933
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The Role of Emotions in Reinforcement: Response Selection in Humans
Overskeid, Geir
Psychological Record, v62 n1 p125-131 Win 2012
Historically, researchers have never quite been able to agree as to the role of emotions, if any, when behavior is selected by its consequences. A brief review of findings from several fields suggests that in contingency-shaped behavior, motivating events, often unconscious, seem needed for reinforcement to select behavior. In rule-governed behavior, on the other hand, conscious feelings may be necessary for reinforcement to affect behavior. I conclude that the relevant literature broadly supports Skinner's (1986) claim that reinforcing stimuli have both a "pleasing" and a "strengthening" effect, and that pleasure resulting from a reinforcer does not necessarily reinforce behavior.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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