The power of reinforcement / Stephen Ray Flora.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flora, Stephen Ray, 1963-

Series:

SUNY Series, Alternatives in Psychology

SUNY series, alternatives in psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reinforcement (Psychology).

Incentive (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Makes the controversial argument that reinforcement is a real and valuable force in human behavior.

Contents:

""THE POWER OF REINFORCEMENT""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Part I: MYTHS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS OF REINFORCEMENT""; ""1. REINFORCEMENT AS “RAT PSYCHOLOGY�""; ""2. INSULTS AND MISCHIEVOUS MISREPRESENTATIONS: M&Ms for the Retarded""; ""3. CARROT-AND-STICK CONTROL, BRIBERY, AND VALUE""; ""4. THE MYTH THAT “EXTRINSIC REWARDS UNDERMINE INTRINSIC INTEREST�""; ""5. THE REALITY OF EXTRINSIC REWARDS AND INTRINSIC MOTIVATION""; ""6. REINFORCEMENT CRUSHES CREATIVITY""; ""7. REINFORCEMENT CREATES CREATIVITY""

""8. THE MYTH THAT IMITATION AND INSTRUCTION FOLLOWING INVALIDATE REINFORCEMENT THEORY""""Part II: FOR BETTER OR WORSE. IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Reinforcement in Action""; ""9. REINFORCEMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT AND UNDERACHIEVEMENT""; ""10. REINFORCEMENT IN EDUCATION""; ""11. REINFORCEMENT IN DRUG USE, ABUSE, AND TREATMENT""; ""12. REINFORCEMENT AND CRIME, MISCONDUCT, AND CORRECTION""; ""13. REINFORCEMENT IN THE CAUSE, COURSE, AND CORRECTION OF DEPRESSION, CHRONIC PAIN, AND ILLNESS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX 1: The Selection of Behavior""; ""APPENDIX 2: Basic Terms""; ""NAME INDEX""; ""A""

""B""""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""SUBJECT INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-244) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780791485989

0791485986

9781417575732

1417575735

OCLC:

57579039