Skinner’s Concept of Efficient Behavior

This essay presents the results of an analysis of Skinnerian texts, developed with the aim of making explicit the criteria with which Skinner uses the term efficient to qualify behaviors. Some texts in which he uses this term were examined: those that deal with reinforcement contingencies, contingen...

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Main Authors: Ieda Maria Bertola Mazzo, Maura Alves Nunes Gongora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2009-12-01
Series:Interação em Psicologia
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Online Access:http://revistas.ufpr.br/psicologia/article/view/12270