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Selection by consequences: deployments for the notion of science of B. F. Skinner
Interação em Psicologia, 2017 B. F. Sknnner’s explanatory system is transformed throughout its construction. In the early years, Skinner proposes that explanation is description functional relationships between directly observable events of the organism with environment.
Nilza Micheletto
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BEHAVIORAL SELECTION BY CONSEQUENCES
Revista Brasileira de Análise do Comportamento, 2018 Selection as a process consists of (a) variation of traits, (b) differential interaction with the environment on the basis of the variation of traits, and (c) differential replication of beneficial, adaptive traits in the form of their transmission to and expression in future generations of a population.
Moore, Jay
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Selection by consequences and the marketing firm [PDF]
The research operationalizes the Darwinian meta-principle Selection by Consequences to conduct an empirical investigation. The project originates from a concern to understand the distal reasons why many of the marketing practices adopted by Wall’s appear to have persisted relatively unchanged for several decades and to have consistently conferred ...
Vella, Kevin James
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Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 2004 Objetivou-se apresentar a evolução de conceitos na análise do comportamento, especialmente nos trabalhos de Skinner, desde a definição do conceito de operante, de contingência de reforço, até os processos de seleção por conseqüências, seguindo o ...
João Claudio Todorov
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Sexual selection in a transparent worm : insights from fluorescent sperm [PDF]
, 2015 Sexual selection is a potent source of selection underlying the evolution of sexual dimorphism, reproductive strategies and mating systems. Although sexual selection was initially thought to occur exclusively at the pre-copulatory stage (e.g., contests ...
Marie-Orleach, Lucas
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Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 2004 O estudo do comportamento em sociedades foi relegado por quase 50 anos, apesar das reiteradas propostas de Skinner considerando sua importância.
João Claudio Todorov, Maísa Moreira
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A novel framework for classification of selection processes in epidemiological research
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020 Background Selection and selection bias are terms that lack consistent definitions and have varying meaning and usage across disciplines. There is also confusion in current definitions between underlying mechanisms that lead to selection and their ...
Jonas Björk +3 more
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Evolutionary Applications, 2023 Artificial selection, whether intentional or coincidental, is a common result of conservation policies and natural resource management. To reduce unintended consequences of artificial selection, conservation practitioners must understand both artificial ...
Madilyn M. Gamble, Ryan G. Calsbeek
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From Operant Conditioning to Selection by Consequences
Interação em Psicologia, 2017 .
Julie Vargas
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ADAPTATION, TELEOLOGY, AND SELECTION BY CONSEQUENCES [PDF]
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1993 This paper presents and defends the view that reinforcement and natural selection are selection processes, that selection processes are neither mechanistic nor teleological, and that mentalistic and vitalistic processes are teleological but not mechanistic.
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