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Selection in operant learning may fit a general model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2001

Julian C. Leslie
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Newtownabbey BT37 0QB, Northern Ireland, United Kingdomjc.leslie@ulst.ac.uk

Abstract

The generic account of selection proposed by Hull et al. readily fits operant learning where, by comparison with natural selection, the process is well understood but little is known about the mechanism. Objections within psychology, that operant learning ignores internal processes, fail to recognise the general significance of behaviour-environment interactions. Variation within operant response classes requires further investigation.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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