title: Applied implications of reinforcement history effects.
abstract: Although the influence of reinforcement history is a theoretical focus of behavior analysis, the specific behavioral effects of reinforcement history have received relatively little attention in applied research and practice. We examined the potential effects of reinforcement history by reviewing nonhuman, human operant, and applied research and interpreted the findings in relation to possible applied significance. The focus is on reinforcement history effects in the context of reinforcement schedules commonly used either to strengthen behavior (e.g., interval schedules) or commonly used to decrease behavior (e.g., extinction).
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Box 6040, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA. Claire.StPeterPipkin@mail.wvu.edu
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: St Peter Pipkin
authors.forename: Timothy R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Vollmer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001527:Behaviorism; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D005108:Extinction, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D011585:Psychology, Applied / Q000639:trends*; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013997:Time Factors