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Can response force be shaped by reinforcement?

R Eisenberger1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark 19716.

Perceptual and Motor Skills
|June 1, 1989
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Reinforcement can strengthen response force, contrary to earlier suggestions. This learned response force generalizes across different behaviors, indicating a direct effect of reinforcement.

Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Psychology
  • Learning Theory
  • Animal Behavior

Background:

  • Methodological critiques questioned the direct influence of reinforcement on response force.
  • An alternative hypothesis proposed that response topography schemas mediate force changes indirectly.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether reinforcement directly strengthens response force.
  • To examine the generalization of learned response force across different behaviors.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental manipulation of reinforcement schedules.
  • Measurement of response force and behavioral generalization.

Main Results:

  • Evidence suggests that response force can be directly strengthened by reinforcement.

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  • Learned increases in response force demonstrated generalization to other behaviors.

    • Conclusions:

    • Reinforcement plays a direct role in strengthening response force.
    • Learned response force is not limited to the trained behavior and generalizes.