The Premack principle, also called the relativity theory of reinforcement, is a principle of behavioral psychology holding that a more probable behavior, one an individual is more likely to perform when given a free choice, reinforces a less probable behavior, one the individual is less likely to perform when given a free choice.
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The Premack principle, or the relativity theory of reinforcement, states that more probable behaviors will reinforce less probable behaviors.
Citations section, Premack 1959
Premack, D. (1959). Toward empirical behavior laws: I. Positive reinforcement. Psychological Review, 66(4), 219-233.
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The Premack principle, or the relativity theory of reinforcement, states that more probable behaviors will reinforce less probable behaviors.
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The Premack principle, or the relativity theory of reinforcement, states that more probable behaviors will reinforce less probable behaviors.
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