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DISCRIMINATION THEORY OF RULE‐GOVERNED BEHAVIOR
Author(s) -
Cerutti Daniel T.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1989.51-259
Subject(s) - discriminative model , imitation , psychology , discrimination learning , stimulus control , control (management) , cognitive psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , social psychology , neuroscience , nicotine
In rule‐governed behavior, previously established elementary discriminations are combined in complex instructions and thus result in complex behavior. Discriminative combining and recombining of responses produce behavior with characteristics differing from those of behavior that is established through the effects of its direct consequences. For example, responding in instructed discrimination may be occasioned by discriminative stimuli that are temporally and situationally removed from the circumstances under which the discrimination is instructed. The present account illustrates properties of rule‐governed behavior with examples from research in instructional control and imitation learning. Units of instructed behavior, circumstances controlling compliance with instructions, and rule‐governed problem solving are considered.