Hineline, P. N. (2001).
Beyond the molar–molecular distinction: We need multiscaled analyses.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
75, 342-347.
Dinsmoor’s (2001) adherence to molecular analyses may require him
to assert that molar and molecular principles are mutually
exclusive, but to instead analyze the phenomena of avoidance as
inherently multiscaled is to follow a well-established practice
in the natural sciences. Besides the issue of scale, two-factor
theory, which Dinsmoor advocates, has little to say about some
important and longstanding results in experiments that qualify as
avoidance.
Key words: avoidance, molar analyses, molecular analyses, scales
of process, shock-frequency reduction, short-term postponement,
situational transition as reinforcement