scholarly journals A theory of actions and habits: The interaction of rate correlation and contiguity systems in free-operant behavior.

2020 ◽  
Vol 127 (6) ◽  
pp. 945-971
Author(s):  
Omar D. Perez ◽  
Anthony Dickinson
Keyword(s):  
Operant Behavior ◽  
Free Operant ◽  
Rate Correlation

scholarly journals A theory of actions and habits: The interaction of rate correlation and contiguity systems in free-operant behavior

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar D. Perez ◽  
Anthony Dickinson
Keyword(s):  
Operant Behavior ◽  
Response Strength ◽  
Instrumental Performance ◽  
Behavioral Systems ◽  
Extended Training ◽  
Free Operant ◽  
Choice Procedures ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Behavioral Impact ◽  
Rate Correlation

Contemporary theories of instrumental performance assume that responding can be controlled by two behavioral systems, one goal-directed that encodes the outcome of an action, and one habitual that reinforces the response strength of the same action. Here we present a model of free-operant behavior in which goal-directed control is determined by the correlation between the rates of the action and the outcome whereas the total prediction error generated by contiguous reinforcement by the outcome controls habitual response strength. The outputs of these two systems summate to generate a total response strength. This cooperative model addresses the difference in the behavioral impact of ratio and interval schedules, the transition from goal-directed to habitual control with extended training, the persistence of goal-directed control under choice procedures and following extinction, among other phenomena. In these respects, this dual-system model is unique in its account of free-operant behavior.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR OCCASIONED BY INTERRUPTION OF FREE-OPERANT BEHAVIOR

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis P. Hagopian ◽  
Jennifer L. Bruzek ◽  
Lynn G. Bowman ◽  
Heather K. Jennett
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Operant Behavior ◽  
Free Operant ◽  
Assessment And Treatment

Importance of catecholamine release by nerve impulses for free operant behavior

1971 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 931-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Ahlenius ◽  
Nils-Erik Andén ◽  
Jörgen Engel
Keyword(s):  
Operant Behavior ◽  
Catecholamine Release ◽  
Nerve Impulses ◽  
Free Operant
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