Secondary reinforcement based on stimulus-change primary reinforcement

• Published in: Journal of experimental psychology Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 339 - 344
• Main Authors: Roberts, Carl L, Lebow, Kenneth E, Yoder, Robert M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Psychological Association 01-04-1961
• Subjects: Human; Illumination; Learning; Motivation; Old Medline; Primary Reinforcement; Reinforcement (Psychology); Secondary Reinforcement; Stimulus Change; LEARNING
• ISSN: 0022-1015; 1946-1941
• DOI: 10.1037/h0043849

"Two experiments were carried out to determine whether a light onset discriminatively paired with the removal of a box from around Ss would become a secondary reinforcer. It did. The findings were briefly discussed in relation to the nature of secondary reinforcement, of such primary reinforcement as "box removal,' and to relevant drive operations. Also, the question was raised as to what are the Rs for which light onset is the discriminative stimulus, when light onset is paired with box removal." (18 ref.) From Psyc Abstracts 36:01:1EL39R.