Vollmer Timothy R
Psychology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA.
J Appl Behav Anal. 2002 Winter;35(4):469-73. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-469.
Some readers will view the article by Lerman and Vorndran as controversial. It is a review of existing basic and applied research on punishment and a call for additional research on punishment. The thesis of my commentary is that the paper should not be viewed as controversial. Punishment happens. To ignore a natural phenomenon and its implications for a technology of behavior is akin to ignoring the physical nature of the universe. A science and a technology of behavior are incomplete without research on punishment. Five reasons to pursue punishment research are discussed, along with some caveats.
一些读者会认为勒曼和沃恩德兰的文章颇具争议性。它是对现有关于惩罚的基础研究和应用研究的综述,也是对更多惩罚研究的呼吁。我评论的主旨是,不应将这篇论文视为有争议的。惩罚是存在的。忽视一种自然现象及其对行为技术的影响,就如同忽视宇宙的物理本质一样。没有对惩罚的研究,行为科学和行为技术就是不完整的。本文讨论了进行惩罚研究的五个理由以及一些注意事项。