Chapter Six / Law of Effect / Law of Effect
Law of Effect / Mechanical Strengthening Process / Stop-Action Principle
Problems with Stop-Action Principle / Response Classes / Superstitious Behaviour
Superstition in Humans / Genetic Predisposition / Shaping, or Successive Approximations
Shaping a Lever Press / Versatility of Shaping Process / Skinnerian Research
Free Operant / Ethologists vs. Skinnerians / Successes of Skinnerian Methodology
Three-Term Contingency / Discriminative Stimulus / Other Basic Principles
Response Chains / Reinforcement Schedules / Reinforcement Schedules
Fixed Ratio / Variable Ratio / Fixed Interval
Variable Interval / Extinction of Reinforcement / Multiple Schedules
Cause of FR Postreinforcement Pause / Distinguishing Evidence / Support for Remaining-Responses
Comparison of VR and VI Response Rates / IRT Reinforcement Theory / IRT Reinforcement Theory
Tracking Behaviour Through Time and Space