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Conditioned reinforcement, though debated, is vital for understanding behavior. This review confirms its underlying concept of conditioned value is essential for explaining diverse conditioning data.

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Area of Science:

Behavioral Psychology
Learning Theory

Background:

Conditioned reinforcement has faced declining attention in textbooks.
Criticisms from behavior theorists and uncertainty in conditioning procedures have impacted its study.

Purpose of the Study:

To review critical data and interpretation issues concerning conditioned reinforcement.
To re-evaluate the concept's validity and explanatory power in behavior theory.

Main Methods:

Analysis of data from key procedures: second-order schedules, chain schedules, concurrent chains, observing responses, and delay-of-reinforcement.
Examination of major interpretational issues and alternative explanations.

Main Results:

While its role in some procedures is unresolved, the concept of conditioned value is critical for explaining diverse behavioral data.
Alternative processes like marking and bridging complement, but do not replace, conditioned reinforcement's explanatory scope.

Conclusions:

The concept of conditioned value remains a necessary component of behavior theory.
Conditioned reinforcement is essential for explaining a wide range of experimental effects in learning and behavior.