John bascom wolfe
Encyclopedia
John Bascom Wolfe was an American
social
and behavioural psychologist best known for his study of the use of a token economy
on chimpanzee
s.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
social
Social psychology
Social psychology is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. By this definition, scientific refers to the empirical method of investigation. The terms thoughts, feelings, and behaviors include all...
and behavioural psychologist best known for his study of the use of a token economy
Token economy
A token economy is a system of behavior modification based on the systematic positive reinforcement of target behavior. The reinforcers are symbols or tokens that can be exchanged for other reinforcers. Token economy is based on the principles of operant conditioning and can be situated within...
on chimpanzee
Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee, sometimes colloquially chimp, is the common name for the two extant species of ape in the genus Pan. The Congo River forms the boundary between the native habitat of the two species:...
s.
Works
- The Effect of Delayed Reward upon Learning in the White Rat (Baltimore, 1934)
- Some Experimental Tests of 'Reasoning' in White Rats (with S.D.S. Spragg; n.p., 1934
- Effectiveness of Token-rewards for Chimpanzees (Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1936)
- An Exploratory Study of Food-storing in Rats (Baltimore, 1939)