Operant conditioning is no longer at the center of experimental psychology: why not?

Leif Albright, Lauren Schnell, Kenneth F. Reeve, Tina M. Sidener, Using Stimulus Equivalence-Based Instruction to Teach Graduate Students in Applied Behavior Analysis to Interpret Operant Functions of ...

In psychology, the term “blank slate,” or tabula rasa, actually has two meanings. The first refers to the belief that all humans are born with the ability to become literally anything or anyone. This ...

Examination of behavioral flexibility and function of severe problem behavior in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. International Journal of Developmental ...

Peter L. Carlton, Ronald A. Marks, Cold Exposure and Heat Reinforced Operant Behavior, Science, New Series, Vol. 128, No. 3335 (Nov. 28, 1958), p. 1344 ...

Operant conditioning is B.F. Skinner’s name for instrumental learning: learning by consequences. Not a new idea, of course. Humanity has always known how to teach children and animals by means ...