Biological Constraints and Reinforcement in Operant Conditioning

Readings in Mazur [& Odum], Learning and Behavior, 9th, 7th, and 6th ed.

BIOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON OPERANT CONDITIONING

instinctive drift (compare to Garcia, Wilcoxon) [9E 124, 7E 119, 6E 136]

Breland & Breland (1961)

autoshaping [9E 125, 7E 120, 6E 138]

Brown & Jenkins (1968)

Williams & Williams (1969)

Jenkins and Moore (1973)

superstition vs. interim and terminal behaviors [9E 111, 7E 107, 6E 124]

Staddon & Simmelhag (1971)

species-specific defense reactions (SSDRs) [9E 169, 7E 159, 6E 179]

Bolles (1970)

Cats In A Puzzle Box again

Moore & Stuttard (1979) (no text reading)

learned helplessness [9E 171, 7E 161, 6E 181]

Overmeier & Seligman (1967)

adaptation in the short, medium, and long term

Johnston & Turvey (1977) pp. 167-189 (optional and difficult; no text reading)

REINFORCEMENT

classical and operant conditioning: eleven definitions of reinforcement

electrical stimulation of the brain as reinforcement [9E 194, 7E 182, 6E 206]

Olds & Milner (1954)

Premack's principle [9E 202, 7E 188, 6E 212]

Premack (1959)

response deprivation theory [9E 206, 7E 191, 6E 215]

Timberlake and Allison (1974)