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Strength, limits, and resistance to change of operant theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

François Tonneau
François Tonneau
Affiliation:
University of Guadalajara, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones en Comportamiento, Col. Chapalita, CP 45030, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexicoftonneau@udgserv.cencar.udg.mx
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Abstract

The research Nevin & Grace report is impressive in its integrative power, but it also shows the current limits of operant theory: There is tremendous concentration on understanding how existing behavioral relations are modulated in rate or time allocation, but little on dealing with the origin of the behavioral relations themselves. Specifying what should count as a behavioral unit will require source principles sensitive to the composition of the units being related.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 2000 , pp. 113 - 114
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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