What do reinforcers do?

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What do reinforcers do?

Rational behavior:

Rationality and optimality

Rational analysis

Comparing rational analysis and Hull

But what if the same response produces good and bad consequences?

Does reward affect learning?

Human research: Within groups

Human research: Between groups

Can contingencies of reward ever affect learning?

An interesting study to do

Differential reward effects

Contingency consequences

A better view of contingency

Application question

Principles of punishment

More principles of punishment

A punishment ideal

What makes reinforcement?

Choosing and schedules of reinforcement

The labor supply curve

Schedule-induced behaviors

Schedule-induced behavior in people

But: Schedule-induced behavior in humans is:

More schedules

Choice

Schedules of reinforcement

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