Behavior Momentum Theory and Humans: A Review of the Literature | Journal Club Series

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This installment in our Journal Club Series will cover the article, “Behavior Momentum Theory and Humans: A Review of the Literature” authored by Trump, Herrod, Ayres, Ringdahl and Best and published in The Psychological Record. CEUs are provided for reading the article, participating in an online discussion, and completing an article content quiz. Want to get a head start? Click here to go to a free copy of the article!

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Behavior momentum theory suggests responding will continue to occur in a static environment. Research with nonhumans suggest animal responses are most persistent following conditions of higher reinforcer rates or higher reinforcer magnitudes. This is a literature review of persistent responding across various conditions with human participants.


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The Article

This installment in our Journal Club Series will cover the article, “Behavior Momentum Theory and Humans: A Review of the Literature” authored by Trump, Herrod, Ayres, Ringdahl and Best and published in The Psychological Record. CEUs are provided for reading the article, participating in an online discussion, and completing an article content quiz.

Want to get a head start? Click here to go to a free copy of the article!

Learning Objectives

Objectives:

  1. Define and describe behavior momentum theory
  2. Provide a brief overview of animal models of behavior momentum theory
  3. Describe the parameters of the author’s literature search
  4. Describe the results of this study
  5. Describe implications for practice and research as a result of these findings

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