Bradley Kelly P, Poling Alan
Western Michigan University.
Anal Verbal Behav. 2010;26(1):41-9. doi: 10.1007/BF03393081.
Results of a survey sent to members of the editorial boards of five behavior-analytic journals in 1990 indicated that there was no consensus among respondents with respect to whether delayed events can function as reinforcers (Schlinger, Blakely, Fillhard, & Poling, 1991). Since that time, several studies with nonhuman animals have demonstrated that events delayed by at least several seconds can increase the probability of occurrence of the responses that produce them. To determine the relative number of contemporary behavior analysts who nonetheless believe that reinforcers must immediately follow the responses that produce them, the present study replicated the procedures used by Schlinger et al., with similar results. That is, respondents did not agree with respect to whether delayed events could be reinforcers.
1990年对五本行为分析期刊编辑委员会成员进行的一项调查结果表明，受访者对于延迟事件是否可以作为强化物并未达成共识（施林格、布莱克利、菲尔哈德和波林，1991）。从那时起，几项针对非人类动物的研究表明，延迟至少几秒的事件可以增加产生这些事件的反应发生的概率。为了确定仍认为强化物必须紧跟产生它们的反应之后出现的当代行为分析师的相对数量，本研究重复了施林格等人使用的程序，得到了相似的结果。也就是说，受访者对于延迟事件是否可以作为强化物并未达成一致。
