Ralph R Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 163516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralph R Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralph R |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER R R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Binghamton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1778-4839 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Conditioning and LearningSupport for the preparation of this chapter was provided by Nimh Grant 33881. Communication concerning this chapter should be addressed to Ralph R. Miller, Department of Psych…
Conditioning and learning are the means by which organisms modify their behavior in response to changes in the environment. These changes occur within the lifespan of the organism, in contrast to conventional evolution, which supports behavioral changes across generations in response to changes in the environment. The central phenomena of Pavlovian conditioning and instrumental learning are described, followed by a review of the major theoretical…
An evolved cognitive bias for social norms
Altruistic punishing and helping differ in sensitivity to relatedness, friendship, and future interactions
Cognitive cooperation: When the going gets tough, think as a group
Machiavellianism: A synthesis of the evolutionary and psychological literatures
Manipulative strategies of social conduct (Machiavellianism) have been studied by both psychologists and evolutionary biologists. The authors use the psychological literature as a database to test evolutionary hypotheses about the adaptive advantages of manipulative social behavior. Machiavellianism does not correlate with general intelligence and does not consistently lead to real-world success. It is best regarded as 1 of several social strateg…
Assessment of the Rescorla-Wagner model
The Rescorla-Wagner model has been the most influential theory of associative learning to emerge from the study of animal behavior over the last 25 years. Recently, equivalence to this model has become a benchmark in assessing connectionist models, with such equivalence often achieved by incorporating the Widrow-Hoff delta rule. This article presents the Rescorla-Wagner model's basic assumptions, reviews some of the model's predictive successes a…
Relative Effects of Meditation vs other Activities on Ratings of Relaxation and Enjoyment of Others
Subjects rated extent of relaxation and enjoyment of interpersonal relations for each day during a 4-wk. baseline period. The next week, subjects engaged in a different activity on each of 4 days for 20 min.: meditation, progressive relaxation, enjoyment of others as much as they could, and sitting down and trying to feel good. This sequence was repeated during the next 2 wk. At the end of each day, subjects rated their relaxation and the degree …
No play: A means of conflict resolution
Machiavellianism: A synthesis of the evolutionary and psychological literatures
Manipulative strategies of social conduct (Machiavellianism) have been studied by both psychologists and evolutionary biologists. The authors use the psychological literature as a database to test evolutionary hypotheses about the adaptive advantages of manipulative social behavior. Machiavellianism does not correlate with general intelligence and does not consistently lead to real-world success. It is best regarded as 1 of several social strateg…
Assessment of the Rescorla-Wagner model
The Rescorla-Wagner model has been the most influential theory of associative learning to emerge from the study of animal behavior over the last 25 years. Recently, equivalence to this model has become a benchmark in assessing connectionist models, with such equivalence often achieved by incorporating the Widrow-Hoff delta rule. This article presents the Rescorla-Wagner model's basic assumptions, reviews some of the model's predictive successes a…
Cognitive cooperation: When the going gets tough, think as a group
No play: A means of conflict resolution
No play: A means of conflict resolution
Relative Effects of Meditation vs other Activities on Ratings of Relaxation and Enjoyment of Others
Subjects rated extent of relaxation and enjoyment of interpersonal relations for each day during a 4-wk. baseline period. The next week, subjects engaged in a different activity on each of 4 days for 20 min.: meditation, progressive relaxation, enjoyment of others as much as they could, and sitting down and trying to feel good. This sequence was repeated during the next 2 wk. At the end of each day, subjects rated their relaxation and the degree …
Assessment of the Rescorla-Wagner model
The Rescorla-Wagner model has been the most influential theory of associative learning to emerge from the study of animal behavior over the last 25 years. Recently, equivalence to this model has become a benchmark in assessing connectionist models, with such equivalence often achieved by incorporating the Widrow-Hoff delta rule. This article presents the Rescorla-Wagner model's basic assumptions, reviews some of the model's predictive successes a…
Machiavellianism: A synthesis of the evolutionary and psychological literatures
Manipulative strategies of social conduct (Machiavellianism) have been studied by both psychologists and evolutionary biologists. The authors use the psychological literature as a database to test evolutionary hypotheses about the adaptive advantages of manipulative social behavior. Machiavellianism does not correlate with general intelligence and does not consistently lead to real-world success. It is best regarded as 1 of several social strateg…
Cognitive cooperation: When the going gets tough, think as a group
Altruistic punishing and helping differ in sensitivity to relatedness, friendship, and future interactions
An evolved cognitive bias for social norms
Conditioning and LearningSupport for the preparation of this chapter was provided by Nimh Grant 33881. Communication concerning this chapter should be addressed to Ralph R. Miller, Department of Psych…
Conditioning and learning are the means by which organisms modify their behavior in response to changes in the environment. These changes occur within the lifespan of the organism, in contrast to conventional evolution, which supports behavioral changes across generations in response to changes in the environment. The central phenomena of Pavlovian conditioning and instrumental learning are described, followed by a review of the major theoretical…
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Associative learning (2 works) · Associative property (2 works) · Cognition (2 works)