prmack principle

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http://www.phy.ilstu.edu/~wenning/ptefiles/311content/effective/animalhuman.html

Premack's Principle (Premack, 1959, 1963) states simply that a more probable behaviors will reinforce less probable behaviors.

The Rescorla-Wagner model, the Matching Law, and Premack's Principle all appear to have explanatory power if not predictive power. It would behoove the student to consider referring to these theories when confronted with a confounding situation dealing with motivation and/or discipline.

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