Experiments
The Token Economy Experiment – Teodoro Ayllon and Nathan Azrin
A comprehensive academic analysis of Teodoro Ayllon and Nathan Azrin's seminal 1968 token economy experiment...
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The Contrast Effects Experiment (Crespi Effect) – Leo Crespi
A comprehensive academic analysis of Leo Crespi's seminal 1942 contrast effects experiment, examining incentive contrast,...
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The Peak Shift Effect Experiment – Howard Hanson
A comprehensive academic analysis of Howard Hanson's seminal 1959 peak shift experiment, its theoretical mechanisms,...
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The Stimulus Generalization Gradient Experiment – Norman Guttman and Harry Kalish
A comprehensive analysis of Norman Guttman and Harry Kalish's 1956 landmark operant conditioning study establishing...
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The Sidman Avoidance Experiment (Free-Operant Avoidance) – Murray Sidman
A comprehensive academic analysis of Murray Sidman's groundbreaking free-operant avoidance paradigm, its mechanics, theoretical impact,...
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The Two-Factor Theory of Avoidance Experiment – O. Hobart Mowrer
A comprehensive academic analysis of O. Hobart Mowrer's Two-Factor Theory of Avoidance, examining its experimental...
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The Errorless Discrimination Learning Experiment – Herbert Terrace
A comprehensive academic analysis of Herbert Terrace's groundbreaking 1963 errorless discrimination learning experiments and their...
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The Autoshaping Experiment (Sign Tracking) – Paul Brown and Herbert Jenkins
A comprehensive academic analysis of Paul Brown and Herbert Jenkins' 1968 autoshaping experiment, sign-tracking mechanisms,...
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The Matching Law Experiment (Concurrent Schedules) – Richard Herrnstein
A comprehensive academic analysis of Richard Herrnstein's matching law experiment, concurrent schedules of reinforcement, and...
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The Premack Principle Experiment (Relativity of Reinforcement) – David Premack
A comprehensive academic analysis of David Premack's relativity of reinforcement, detailing the 1959 experiment, methodology,...
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The Conditioned Emotional Response Experiment (Conditioned Suppression) – William Estes and B.F. Skinner
A comprehensive academic analysis of the seminal 1941 Estes-Skinner conditioned emotional response experiment and its...
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The Instrumental Devaluation Experiment – Julie Colwill and Robert Rescorla
A definitive academic analysis of Colwill and Rescorla's 1985 instrumental devaluation experiment, exploring action-outcome associations...