Melioration and contiguity

Article Abstract:

Donahoe, Palmer and Burgos raised some arguments which tie in with an account of melioration in terms of strengthening by contiguity. It is possible to derive melioration from the more basic processes advocated by Skinner. However, Donahoe et al's argument that operant and classical conditioning are the same processes, separated only by the kinds of events present when reinforcement is presented, should be modified because classical and operant conditioning are closely related but distinct processes.

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We also need complete behavioral models

Article Abstract:

There is no complete system for analyzing behavior which comprises all the environment-behavioral relations and accurately predict the range of behavior being observed. Thus, the claim presented by Donahoe, Palmer, and Burgos of using a single model that will discriminate and undiscriminate conditioning in a wider setting offered a different, yet valuable perspective in behavioral analysis. Although the idea was encouraged, points that undermine the purpose of the model was brought up.

Operant behavior

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What is learned? Revisiting an old issue

Article Abstract:

Donahoe et al argue that an S-R approach to behavior is an implicit assumption of connectionist network models of behavior. However, a critical issue was posed on Donahoe and colleagues pertaining on a satisfactory model of conditioning that omits any role for response-reinforcer associative relations. Another critical issue is the nature of the choice rule that governs response selection, as well as the status of associationism in general.

Behavioral assessment

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