In a special case, first investigated by L. B. Wyckoff, Jr., the organism responds to one stimulus where the reinforcement consists of the clarification of the stimulus controlling another response. The first response becomes, so to speak, an objective form of “paying attention” to the second stimulus. (p. 182)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 12: The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching. Quote 9
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