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| Induction, Reinforcement, and Their Contribution to Behavioral Excess |
| Saturday, September 3, 2022 |
| 10:30 AM–11:20 AM |
| Auditorium |
| Area: EAB; Domain: Basic Research |
| Chair: Julian C. Leslie (Ulster University) |
| CE Instructor: Ricardo Pellon, Ph.D. |
| Presenting Author: RICARDO PELLON (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia) |
| Abstract: Through extended evidence we have shown in the past that what was initially called adjunctive behavior in fact responds to similar environmental manipulations as conventional operant behavior, and that perhaps in all cases behavior is initially
elicited by the delivery of the reinforcer and then strengthened by it, thus combining
to result in excessive behavior. The dynamic combination of induction by reinforcer
delivery (the elicitation part) and reinforcement (the strengthening part) can be
seen in results on the control of behavior by past and future events. We are currently
advancing on this issue by the proposal of a chaining model that combines both
types of influence on behavior, showing an excellent fitting to steady-state data
generated by intermittent food reinforcement schedules. We plan to extent its
application to other models of excessive behavior, in particular those that deal with
risky hyperactivity. |
| Instruction Level: Intermediate |
| Target Audience: Behavior Analysts |
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the presentation, participants will be able to:( 1) refresh the notion of induction; (2) acknowledge how induction and reinforcement can be combined; (3) understand the roles of induction and reinforcement in the initiation of maladaptive behavior. |
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| RICARDO PELLON (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia) |
 Ricardo Pellón got the Degree in Psychology in 1980 and in 1987 defended his PhD in the area of Experimental Psychology, both at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). He has held research positions at University of Wales College of Cardiff, UK (1981-1984) and the Addiction Research Centre of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, USA (1990-1991). In 2005-2006 he spent a sabbatical leave at Arizona State University, USA. He is currently Professor of Psychology at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain, where he directs an Animal Learning and Behaviour Lab working predominantly (but not exclusively) on animal models of excessive behavior, such as schedule-induced polydipsia and activity-based anorexia, both using laboratory rats as experimental subjects. He has published in international journals in the areas of learning and behavior, behavioral pharmacology, and neural substrates of behavior. He has supervised 14 PhD thesis in different Spanish universities and is currently supervising 5 PhD students at UNED. He has served as external examiner in many committees, including 42 PhD dissertations. |
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