Contingencies of Reinforcement. Chapter 1: The Role of the Environment. Quote 5

“By using rate of responding as a dependent variable, it has been possible to formulate the interaction between an organism and its environment more adequately. The kinds of consequences which increase the rate (“reinforcers”) are positive or negative, depending upon whether they reinforce when they appear or when they disappear.” (p. 7)

 

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