ABSTRACT

Schedules of 5Reinforcement • Learn about schedules of reinforcement and why they are important. • Discover how schedules of reinforcement generate characteristic patterns of

behavior. • Find out about the Mechner system of notation and its application to an analysis of

schedules of reinforcement. • Investigate rates of reinforcement and how behavior is made resistant to change. • Inquire about behavior during transition between schedules of reinforcement and the

application to human behavior. • Discover how schedules of reinforcement are involved when people want to stop

smoking. • Learn about the molecular and molar accounts of performance on schedules of

reinforcement.