DEVIATIONS FROM ANIMAL STANDARDS IN HUMAN SCHEDULE PERFORMANCES THROUGH SELF-GENERATED VERBAL BEHAVIOR

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Lynda H. Hayes
Mark R. Dixon
Caslake J.L Beckwith
C. S. Schurr

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Human and animal multiple schedule performances were examined for sensitivity to contingencies on tour different three component multiple schedules. Human performances were additionally examined· by either allowing subjects' concurrent self-generation of rules, the delivery of a rule, or left uninstructed.

Results illustrated that human and animal performances did not differ dramatically when onl,y brief exposure to contingencies were allowed on each schedule. Rather than simply a verbal repertoire, it appears that human subjects' ability to derive accurate self-rules more appropriately account for the traditional differing results between animal and human performances on schedules of reinforcement.

 

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Hayes, L. H., Dixon, M. R., Beckwith, C. J., & Schurr, C. S. (2011). DEVIATIONS FROM ANIMAL STANDARDS IN HUMAN SCHEDULE PERFORMANCES THROUGH SELF-GENERATED VERBAL BEHAVIOR. Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis, 1(2), 53–65. https://doi.org/10.5514/rmac.v1.i2.27085