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Is the avoiding of operant theory a Pavlovian conditioned response?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2000

Claudia D. Cardinal ,
Matthew E. Andrzejewski  and
Philip N. Hineline
Claudia D. Cardinal
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 {ccardina; mandrzej; hineline}@astro.ocis.temple.edu nimbus.temple.edu/~phinelin
Matthew E. Andrzejewski
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 {ccardina; mandrzej; hineline}@astro.ocis.temple.edu nimbus.temple.edu/~phinelin
Philip N. Hineline
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 {ccardina; mandrzej; hineline}@astro.ocis.temple.edu nimbus.temple.edu/~phinelin
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Abstract

The proposed heavy dependence on Pavlovian conditioning to account for social behavior confounds phylogenically and ontogenically selected behavior patterns and ignores the extension of the principle of selection by consequences from biological to learning theory. Instead of acknowledging operant relations, Domjan et al. construct vaguely specified mechanisms based upon anticipatory cost-benefit considerations that are not supported by the Pavlovian conditioning literature.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 252 - 253
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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