Explaining avoidance: two factors are still better than one.
Two-factor theory remains a viable account of avoidance behavior. By emphasizing the interplay of respondent and operant contingencies, two-factor theory encourages the analysis of stimuli that mediate molar consequences and incorporates control by local events as well as events that are temporally remote, improbable, or cumulative.
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Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 53201, USA. ab@uwm.edu
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D000818:Animals; D001070:Appetitive Behavior; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D004597:Electroshock; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D011582:Psychological Theory