Kennon A Lattal
Biographic Data
| ID | 4629346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kennon A Lattal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kennon A |
| FAMILY NAME | Lattal |
| SIGNATURE | LATTAL K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | West Virginia University Morgantown WV USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5422-944X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Response‐force changes early in extinction with and without a changing force criterion during training
This experiment was designed to examine the question of how different force‐exertion requirements in effect prior to extinction affect force exertion during extinction of the previously reinforced response, with an emphasis on such effects early in extinction. Human participants were exposed to one of three conditions in which making a force‐exertion response resulted in points displayed on a computer screen. In two conditions, the response‐force…
I'm Not Like the Others
Comparative psychologists have been criticized for using a limited number of species in drawing general conclusions about broad behavioral processes. There are numerous examples, however, of the inclusion by behavior analysts of atypical subjects in their research. To examine the frequency and diversity in subject species used in the experimental analysis of behavior (EAB), JEAB publications between 1958 and 2023 were reviewed for their use of su…
Contrasting effects of reinforcer rate and magnitude on differential resistance to change in humans
The effects of the magnitude of reinforcement on the resistance to change of humans engaged in a computer task were examined in two experiments. In each, responding was disrupted by increasing the force requirement of the required response. In Experiment 1, the participants were exposed to a multiple variable‐interval (VI) VI schedule of reinforcement. Responses meeting the VI requirement resulted in the addition of a monetary value to the comput…
Resurgence, behavioral contrast, and stimuli correlated with the absence of reinforcement
Behavioral contrast and resurgence emerge following worsening of conditions of alternative reinforcement. In this experiment, the effects of stimuli correlated with nonreinforcement during extinction were compared with respect to their effects in generating resurgence and contrast within individual pigeons. Four pigeons were exposed to a two‐key concurrent schedule in which a target response arranged a variable‐interval (VI) 60‐s schedule and an …
Hayne Waring Reese (1931–2022)
Memorializes Hayne Waring Reese (1931-2022). Hayne is remembered for impeccable scholarship, incisive analyses, and broad perspective on psychology. Early in his career, he published seminal analyses of transpositional learning by children. Later, he and Lewis Lipsitt helped solidify experimental child psychology with a textbook of that title. He became editor of the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology in 1983, remaining so until 1997. He al…
Murray Sidman (1923–2019)
Memorializes Murray Sidman (1923-2019). Murray Sidman wrote the definitive analysis of single-case experimentation, Tactics of Scientific Research: Evaluating Experimental Data in Psychology (1960). The book, never out of print, remains widely used and frequently cited. Sidman, along with B. F. Skinner, Fred Keller, and a few others, founded the field of behavior analysis. His contributions have been widely recognized with numerous award and hono…
B. F. Skinner and psychology
B. F. Skinner and psychology
Strength of Experimentally Induced Phobic Behavior in Rats
20 male hooded rats, pretrained to nose-poke at a high rate for food, were given passive avoidance training to criterion at one of 2 body weights, and then assessed under the pretraining arrangements. Rate of responding at 70% body weight was higher during passive avoidance and during assessment showed stronger passive avoidance than the 90% group. Data support a dual-component or ‘conflict’ formulation of phobic behavior
Reductions in DRL Responding following Removal of the Response-Reinforcer Dependency
Rats' bar-press responses were conditioned on differential-reinforcement-of-low-rate (DRL) schedules. The number of responses emitted was reduced to near 0 within 12 sessions after removal of the response-reinforcer dependency by changing to variable time schedules which approximated the pattern and frequency of reinforcer delivery during the previous DRL. These response reductions were similar to, but more rapid than, those observed when the res…
Reliability of Word-Modeling Performance
Kanfer and Marston ( I ) , utilizing an intercommunication system of earphones and a tape recorder, have introduced a versatile, methodological approach to the study of imitative verbal performance. S is instructed to say words intermittently in response to a series of tape recorded words spoken by a model ( M ) ; M emits an increasing frequency of a pre-selected response class, e.g., names of animals, across blocks of trials. In such an experime…
Model Similarity and Observer Learning
During Phase I 5 groups of 9 Ss each were instructed to say words at a signal to obtain a baseline of animal responses. 4 of the groups then said words intermittently with a taped model during Phase II. Two groups were exposed to a “normal” model and two groups were exposed to a “retardate” model. Half of the Ss under each taped condition received vicarious reinforcement, i.e., hearing “good” from an E when the model gave a critical response. Hal…
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Model Similarity and Observer Learning
During Phase I 5 groups of 9 Ss each were instructed to say words at a signal to obtain a baseline of animal responses. 4 of the groups then said words intermittently with a taped model during Phase II. Two groups were exposed to a “normal” model and two groups were exposed to a “retardate” model. Half of the Ss under each taped condition received vicarious reinforcement, i.e., hearing “good” from an E when the model gave a critical response. Hal…
Reliability of Word-Modeling Performance
Kanfer and Marston ( I ) , utilizing an intercommunication system of earphones and a tape recorder, have introduced a versatile, methodological approach to the study of imitative verbal performance. S is instructed to say words intermittently in response to a series of tape recorded words spoken by a model ( M ) ; M emits an increasing frequency of a pre-selected response class, e.g., names of animals, across blocks of trials. In such an experime…
Reductions in DRL Responding following Removal of the Response-Reinforcer Dependency
Rats' bar-press responses were conditioned on differential-reinforcement-of-low-rate (DRL) schedules. The number of responses emitted was reduced to near 0 within 12 sessions after removal of the response-reinforcer dependency by changing to variable time schedules which approximated the pattern and frequency of reinforcer delivery during the previous DRL. These response reductions were similar to, but more rapid than, those observed when the res…
Strength of Experimentally Induced Phobic Behavior in Rats
20 male hooded rats, pretrained to nose-poke at a high rate for food, were given passive avoidance training to criterion at one of 2 body weights, and then assessed under the pretraining arrangements. Rate of responding at 70% body weight was higher during passive avoidance and during assessment showed stronger passive avoidance than the 90% group. Data support a dual-component or ‘conflict’ formulation of phobic behavior
B. F. Skinner and psychology
B. F. Skinner and psychology
Murray Sidman (1923–2019)
Memorializes Murray Sidman (1923-2019). Murray Sidman wrote the definitive analysis of single-case experimentation, Tactics of Scientific Research: Evaluating Experimental Data in Psychology (1960). The book, never out of print, remains widely used and frequently cited. Sidman, along with B. F. Skinner, Fred Keller, and a few others, founded the field of behavior analysis. His contributions have been widely recognized with numerous award and hono…
Hayne Waring Reese (1931–2022)
Memorializes Hayne Waring Reese (1931-2022). Hayne is remembered for impeccable scholarship, incisive analyses, and broad perspective on psychology. Early in his career, he published seminal analyses of transpositional learning by children. Later, he and Lewis Lipsitt helped solidify experimental child psychology with a textbook of that title. He became editor of the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology in 1983, remaining so until 1997. He al…
I'm Not Like the Others
Comparative psychologists have been criticized for using a limited number of species in drawing general conclusions about broad behavioral processes. There are numerous examples, however, of the inclusion by behavior analysts of atypical subjects in their research. To examine the frequency and diversity in subject species used in the experimental analysis of behavior (EAB), JEAB publications between 1958 and 2023 were reviewed for their use of su…
Contrasting effects of reinforcer rate and magnitude on differential resistance to change in humans
The effects of the magnitude of reinforcement on the resistance to change of humans engaged in a computer task were examined in two experiments. In each, responding was disrupted by increasing the force requirement of the required response. In Experiment 1, the participants were exposed to a multiple variable‐interval (VI) VI schedule of reinforcement. Responses meeting the VI requirement resulted in the addition of a monetary value to the comput…
Resurgence, behavioral contrast, and stimuli correlated with the absence of reinforcement
Behavioral contrast and resurgence emerge following worsening of conditions of alternative reinforcement. In this experiment, the effects of stimuli correlated with nonreinforcement during extinction were compared with respect to their effects in generating resurgence and contrast within individual pigeons. Four pigeons were exposed to a two‐key concurrent schedule in which a target response arranged a variable‐interval (VI) 60‐s schedule and an …
Response‐force changes early in extinction with and without a changing force criterion during training
This experiment was designed to examine the question of how different force‐exertion requirements in effect prior to extinction affect force exertion during extinction of the previously reinforced response, with an emphasis on such effects early in extinction. Human participants were exposed to one of three conditions in which making a force‐exertion response resulted in points displayed on a computer screen. In two conditions, the response‐force…
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