Claire St. Peter Pipkin & Timothy R. Vollmer. (2009).
Applied implications of reinforcement history effects.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
42, 83-103.
Although the influence of reinforcement history is a theoretical focus of
behavior analysis, the specific behavioral effects of reinforcement history
have received relatively little attention in applied research and practice.
We examined the potential effects of reinforcement history by reviewing
nonhuman, human operant, and applied research and interpreted the findings
in relation to possible applied significance. The focus is on reinforcement
history effects in the context of reinforcement schedules commonly used
either to strengthen behavior (e.g., interval schedules) or commonly used to
decrease behavior (e.g., extinction).
DESCRIPTORS: extraexperimental history, human operant, reinforcement
history, transition states, translational research