El estudio experimental del castigo: una revisión

From a historical point of view, the present work deals with some aspects of punishment. It shows how, nowadays, in the light of numerous experiments, both sides of the symmetric law of effect are accepted as being valid ( the positive law of effect and the negative law of effect). Symmetry which Th...

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Main Author: Alonso, Manuel
Published: 1981
Online Access: http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=65816
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Summary:From a historical point of view, the present work deals with some aspects of punishment. It shows how, nowadays, in the light of numerous experiments, both sides of the symmetric law of effect are accepted as being valid ( the positive law of effect and the negative law of effect). Symmetry which Thorndike, its creator, rejected at the beginning of the thirties. Evidence is also offered of contingence�s capital importance in the procedure of punishment (superiority of punishment against R.E.C.). Finally one notices a series of parameters which exercise a great influence over the effects of the punishment