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A potentially testable mechanism to account for altruistic behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2003

Thomas R. Zentall
Thomas R. Zentall
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0044 Zentall@pop.uky.edu http://www.uky.edu/AS/Psychology/faculty/tzentall.html
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Abstract

It is assumed that self-control always has a higher value. What if it does not? Furthermore, although there are clearly intrinsic reinforcers, their measurement is problematic, especially for a behavioral analyst. Finally, is it more parsimonious to postulate that these behaviors are acquired rather than genetically based?

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 282
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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