Generality (psychology)

Generality (psychology)

The "Assumption of Generality" underlies the research work of the experimental analysis of behavior in which the effects of schedules of reinforcement in non-humans (often pigeons) is assumed to generalize to humans. [Whaley, D.L & Mallott, R.W. (1971). "Elementary Principles of Behavior". Englewood Cliffs,NJ: Prentice-Hall.] [Morse W.H. (1966). Intermittent reinforcement. In W.K. Honig (ed.), "Operant Behavior: areas of research and application (pp.52-108)". New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.] [Skinner, B.F. (1969). "Contingencies of Reinforcement: A theoretical analysis." New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.]

Fergus Lowe has questioned the generality of schedule effects in cases of fixed-interval performance among humans and non-humans (Lowe 1979) [Lowe, F. C. (1979) Determinants of human operant behavior. In M.D. Zeiler & P. Harzem (Eds), "Reinforcement and the organization of behavior" (pp. 159-192). New York:John Wiley. ]

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