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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451887903321

Autore

Flora Stephen Ray <1963->

Titolo

The power of reinforcement [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Ray Flora

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004

ISBN

0-7914-8598-6

1-4175-7573-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

SUNY series, alternatives in psychology

Disciplina

153.8/5

Soggetti

Reinforcement (Psychology)

Incentive (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-244) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""THE POWER OF REINFORCEMENT""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Part I: MYTHS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS OF REINFORCEMENT""; ""1. REINFORCEMENT AS “RAT PSYCHOLOGY�""; ""2. INSULTS AND MISCHIEVOUS MISREPRESENTATIONS: M&Ms for the Retarded""; ""3. CARROT-AND-STICK CONTROL, BRIBERY, AND VALUE""; ""4. THE MYTH THAT “EXTRINSIC REWARDS UNDERMINE INTRINSIC INTEREST�""; ""5. THE REALITY OF EXTRINSIC REWARDS AND INTRINSIC MOTIVATION""; ""6. REINFORCEMENT CRUSHES CREATIVITY""; ""7. REINFORCEMENT CREATES CREATIVITY""

""8. THE MYTH THAT IMITATION AND INSTRUCTION FOLLOWING INVALIDATE REINFORCEMENT THEORY""""Part II: FOR BETTER OR WORSE. IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Reinforcement in Action""; ""9. REINFORCEMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT AND UNDERACHIEVEMENT""; ""10. REINFORCEMENT IN EDUCATION""; ""11. REINFORCEMENT IN DRUG USE, ABUSE, AND TREATMENT""; ""12. REINFORCEMENT AND CRIME, MISCONDUCT, AND CORRECTION""; ""13. REINFORCEMENT IN THE CAUSE, COURSE, AND CORRECTION OF DEPRESSION, CHRONIC PAIN, AND ILLNESS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX 1: The Selection of Behavior""; ""APPENDIX 2: Basic Terms""; ""NAME INDEX""; ""A""

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