R J Herrnstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 251849 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R J Herrnstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | R J |
| FAMILY NAME | Herrnstein |
| SIGNATURE | HERRNSTEIN R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1961 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Black Scholar Symposium: A Critique of The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
THE BLACK SCHOLAR Symposium: A Critique of The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life." The Black Scholar, 25(1), p. 2
Utility maximization and melioration: Internalities in individual choice
How do people go about choosing between alternatives in relatively simple settings? This study explores some of the variables that past work suggests may be relevant. Volunteer subjects worked for money in six procedures in which the probability of a payment from either of two alternatives was 1.0, but the rate of pay (i.e. the speed with which a payment was delivered or the size of the payment) interacted with the subjects recent allocation of c…
Reply to Binmore and Staddon
Reply to Binmore and Staddon
Rational choice theory: Necessary but not sufficient
I I I ! I ABSTRACT: A case is presented for supplementing the standard theory of rational choice, according to which subjects maximize reinforcement, with a theory arising from experiments on animal and human behavior. Data from these experiments suggest that behavioral allocation comes into equilibrium when it equalizes the average re- inforcement rates earned by all active response alternatives in the subject's choice set. This principle, calle…
Is anybody listening
Is anybody listening
Intelligence tests and the Immigration Act of 1924
Intelligence tests and the Immigration Act of 1924
Try again, Dr. Albee
Try again, Dr. Albee
Doing what comes naturally: A reply to Professor Skinner
Doing what comes naturally: A reply to Professor Skinner
The evolution of behaviorism
New data on conditioning processes favor an eclecticism between the traditional nativist and environmentalist extremes in the analysis of be- havior. It is suggested that the theory of behavior based on conditioning processes can be reconciled with the new data, but only by revising certain tacit be- haviorist assumptions about the parameters of the con- ditioning processes, particularly instrumental or oper- ant conditioning. Operant conditionin…
Toward a law of response strength
Toward a law of response strength
I. Q. in the Meritocracy
I. Q. in the Meritocracy
Controversy: I.Q.: Measurement of race and class
On the Law of Effect 1
Experiments on single, multiple, and concurrent schedules of reinforcement find various correlations between the rate of responding and the rate or magnitude of reinforcement. For concurrent schedules ( i.e ., simultaneous choice procedures), there is matching between the relative frequencies of responding and reinforcement; for multiple schedules ( i.e ., successive discrimination procedures), there are contrast effects between responding in eac…
Relative and Absolute Strength of Response as a Function of Frequency of Reinforcement 1, 2
pigeons behave on a concurrent schedule under which they peck at either of two response-keys. The signifi-cant finding of this investigation was that the relative frequency of responding to each of the keys may be controlled within narrow limits by adjustments in an in-dependent variable. In brief, the requirement for rein-forcement in this procedure is the emission of a mini-mum number of pecks to each of the keys. The pigeon receives food when …
Rational choice theory: Necessary but not sufficient
I I I ! I ABSTRACT: A case is presented for supplementing the standard theory of rational choice, according to which subjects maximize reinforcement, with a theory arising from experiments on animal and human behavior. Data from these experiments suggest that behavioral allocation comes into equilibrium when it equalizes the average re- inforcement rates earned by all active response alternatives in the subject's choice set. This principle, calle…
Utility maximization and melioration: Internalities in individual choice
How do people go about choosing between alternatives in relatively simple settings? This study explores some of the variables that past work suggests may be relevant. Volunteer subjects worked for money in six procedures in which the probability of a payment from either of two alternatives was 1.0, but the rate of pay (i.e. the speed with which a payment was delivered or the size of the payment) interacted with the subjects recent allocation of c…
The evolution of behaviorism
New data on conditioning processes favor an eclecticism between the traditional nativist and environmentalist extremes in the analysis of be- havior. It is suggested that the theory of behavior based on conditioning processes can be reconciled with the new data, but only by revising certain tacit be- haviorist assumptions about the parameters of the con- ditioning processes, particularly instrumental or oper- ant conditioning. Operant conditionin…
Toward a law of response strength
Relative and Absolute Strength of Response as a Function of Frequency of Reinforcement 1, 2
pigeons behave on a concurrent schedule under which they peck at either of two response-keys. The signifi-cant finding of this investigation was that the relative frequency of responding to each of the keys may be controlled within narrow limits by adjustments in an in-dependent variable. In brief, the requirement for rein-forcement in this procedure is the emission of a mini-mum number of pecks to each of the keys. The pigeon receives food when …
On the Law of Effect 1
Experiments on single, multiple, and concurrent schedules of reinforcement find various correlations between the rate of responding and the rate or magnitude of reinforcement. For concurrent schedules ( i.e ., simultaneous choice procedures), there is matching between the relative frequencies of responding and reinforcement; for multiple schedules ( i.e ., successive discrimination procedures), there are contrast effects between responding in eac…
Controversy: I.Q.: Measurement of race and class
I. Q. in the Meritocracy
I. Q. in the Meritocracy
Toward a law of response strength
Toward a law of response strength
Doing what comes naturally: A reply to Professor Skinner
Doing what comes naturally: A reply to Professor Skinner
The evolution of behaviorism
New data on conditioning processes favor an eclecticism between the traditional nativist and environmentalist extremes in the analysis of be- havior. It is suggested that the theory of behavior based on conditioning processes can be reconciled with the new data, but only by revising certain tacit be- haviorist assumptions about the parameters of the con- ditioning processes, particularly instrumental or oper- ant conditioning. Operant conditionin…
Try again, Dr. Albee
Try again, Dr. Albee
Intelligence tests and the Immigration Act of 1924
Intelligence tests and the Immigration Act of 1924
Is anybody listening
Is anybody listening
Rational choice theory: Necessary but not sufficient
I I I ! I ABSTRACT: A case is presented for supplementing the standard theory of rational choice, according to which subjects maximize reinforcement, with a theory arising from experiments on animal and human behavior. Data from these experiments suggest that behavioral allocation comes into equilibrium when it equalizes the average re- inforcement rates earned by all active response alternatives in the subject's choice set. This principle, calle…
Reply to Binmore and Staddon
Reply to Binmore and Staddon
Utility maximization and melioration: Internalities in individual choice
How do people go about choosing between alternatives in relatively simple settings? This study explores some of the variables that past work suggests may be relevant. Volunteer subjects worked for money in six procedures in which the probability of a payment from either of two alternatives was 1.0, but the rate of pay (i.e. the speed with which a payment was delivered or the size of the payment) interacted with the subjects recent allocation of c…
The Black Scholar Symposium: A Critique of The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
THE BLACK SCHOLAR Symposium: A Critique of The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life." The Black Scholar, 25(1), p. 2
Psychology (16 works) · Political science (7 works) · Behavioral and Psychological Studies (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Psychoanalysis (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (3 works) · Cognitive science (3 works)