III. Organization of Behavior in Time ca. 1 Minute Timescale

A. Precursor

1. Problematic phenomenon
2. Potential explanations
3. Experimental test

1. Error / artifact / aberrant
2. Transitory effect
3. Non-associative
   • a. hue generalization
   • b. temporal generalization
4. Associative
   • a. redefinition of term
     • i. contiguity
   • b. additional processes
     • i. conditioned reinforcement
     • ii. serial conditioning

C. Functional Analysis

1. Parameter variation
   • a. CS
   • b. US
   ***** SERIAL CONDITIONING AS A FUNCTION OF PARAMETRIC VARIATIONS OF AN INTERFOOD CLOCK
2. Context of reinforcement
   • a. response
   • b. stimulus
   • c. time
   ***** SERIAL CONDITIONING AS A FUNCTION OF STIMULUS, RESPONSE, AND TEMPORAL DEPENDENCIES
3. Nature of control
   • a. reinforcing
   • b. eliciting
   ***** BIPOLAR CONTROL IN FIXED INTERFOOD INTERVALS
4. Molecular analogs
5. Concurrent interactions
   ***** REAL TIME DYNAMICS IN THE INTERACTION BETWEEN A TRIAL STIMULUS AND ITS TEMPORAL CONTEXT
6. Contingency versus contiguity
7. Functional model

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Date Last Reviewed : November 29, 2002