The Matching Law: A Research Review (Psychology Library Editions: Cognitive Science) - Hardcover

Davison, Michael; McCarthy, Dianne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138194271 ISBN 13: 9781138194274

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Originally published in 1988, the purpose of this title was to present a coherent summary of the previous 30 years’ of research on the way in which animals and humans distribute their behaviour between alternative sources of reinforcement. There were three reasons why the book was needed at the time. First, it makes use of the empirical results available, something only partially present in many theories of the time. Second, as a general source of information to gain understanding of the scope of research on behaviour allocation. Third, a text was needed that described the techniques of experimental design and data analysis in this area.

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Michael Davison, Dianne McCarthy

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138194271
• ISBN 13: 9781138194274
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300