Psychology · Behavioural Psychology
A topic within Behavioural Psychology, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Psychology.
2 works
J. E. R. Staddon & D. T. Cerutti
A field-wide review arguing that operant behaviour follows quantifiable regularities - reinforcement schedules, choice, and timing - rather than being a loose collection of trained tricks.
B. F. Skinner
The full behaviourist case that conduct is shaped by consequences — overreaching about inner life, and still the best account of reinforcement.
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