JOHN NEVIN

Summary

Affiliation: University of New Hampshire
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Delayed matching to sample: reinforcement has opposite effects on resistance to change in two related procedures
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, 20 Harborview Lane, Vineyard Haven, MA, 02568, USA
    Learn Behav 40:380-92. 2012
  2. ncbi Comment on Gallistel: behavior theory and information theory: some parallels
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, USA
    Behav Processes 90:84-6; discussion 87-8. 2012
  3. ncbi Resistance to extinction and behavioral momentum
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, USA
    Behav Processes 90:89-97. 2012
  4. ncbi Behavioral momentum theory: equations and applications
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, USA
    J Appl Behav Anal 44:877-95. 2011
  5. ncbi Differential outcomes enhance accuracy of delayed matching to sample but not resistance to change
    John A Nevin
    Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, NH, USA
    J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process 35:74-91. 2009
  6. ncbi Contrast effects in response rate and accuracy of delayed matching to sample
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
    Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) 61:1400-9. 2008
  7. ncbi Control, prediction, order, and the joys of research
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, USA
    J Exp Anal Behav 89:119-23. 2008
  8. ncbi A theory of attending, remembering, and reinforcement in delayed matching to sample
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, USA
    J Exp Anal Behav 88:285-317. 2007
  9. ncbi A theory of attending and reinforcement in conditional discriminations
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, USA
    J Exp Anal Behav 84:281-303. 2005
  10. ncbi Resistance to extinction in the steady state and in transition
    John A Nevin
    Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
    J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process 31:199-212. 2005

Research Grants

  1. Discrimination, Reinforcement, and Resistance to Change
    JOHN NEVIN; Fiscal Year: 2004
  2. Discrimination, Reinforcement, and Resistance to Change
    JOHN NEVIN; Fiscal Year: 2007
  3. Discrimination, Reinforcement, and Resistance to Change
    JOHN NEVIN; Fiscal Year: 2009

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi Delayed matching to sample: reinforcement has opposite effects on resistance to change in two related procedures
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, 20 Harborview Lane, Vineyard Haven, MA, 02568, USA
    Learn Behav 40:380-92. 2012
    ..These results replicate earlier studies and are predicted by a model of DMTS from Nevin, Davison, Odum, and Shahan (2007)...
  2. ncbi Comment on Gallistel: behavior theory and information theory: some parallels
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, USA
    Behav Processes 90:84-6; discussion 87-8. 2012
    ..In this article, Gallistel proposes information theory as an approach to some enduring problems in the study of operant and classical conditioning...
  3. ncbi Resistance to extinction and behavioral momentum
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, USA
    Behav Processes 90:89-97. 2012
    ..An alternative analysis based on the number of reinforcers omitted to an extinction criterion supports the conclusion that response strength is an increasing function of reinforcer rate during training...
  4. ncbi Behavioral momentum theory: equations and applications
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, USA
    J Appl Behav Anal 44:877-95. 2011
    ....
  5. ncbi Differential outcomes enhance accuracy of delayed matching to sample but not resistance to change
    John A Nevin
    Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, NH, USA
    J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process 35:74-91. 2009
    ..Both aspects of the results can be explained by a model of delayed matching to sample performance...
  6. ncbi Contrast effects in response rate and accuracy of delayed matching to sample
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
    Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) 61:1400-9. 2008
    ..The results of Experiment 2 join previous findings of covariation in the effects of reinforcement on free-operant responding and accuracy of discrimination...
  7. ncbi Control, prediction, order, and the joys of research
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, USA
    J Exp Anal Behav 89:119-23. 2008
    ..The same sorts of reinforcers are available for quantitative descriptions of aggregate behavioral data that may inform public policy...
  8. ncbi A theory of attending, remembering, and reinforcement in delayed matching to sample
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, USA
    J Exp Anal Behav 88:285-317. 2007
    ....
  9. ncbi A theory of attending and reinforcement in conditional discriminations
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, USA
    J Exp Anal Behav 84:281-303. 2005
    ..Some tests and extensions of the model are suggested, and the role of unmeasured events in behavior theory is considered...
  10. ncbi Resistance to extinction in the steady state and in transition
    John A Nevin
    Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
    J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process 31:199-212. 2005
    ..A model of extinction based on behavioral momentum theory accounted for all the data...
  11. ncbi Accuracy of discrimination, rate of responding, and resistance to change
    John A Nevin
    University of New Hampshire, USA
    J Exp Anal Behav 79:307-21. 2003
    ....
  12. ncbi Resistance to change of forgetting functions and response rates
    Amy L Odum
    Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, USA
    J Exp Anal Behav 84:65-75. 2005
    ..These data also suggest that the disruptability of remembering depends on the conditions of reinforcement, but the way in which remembering is disrupted depends on the nature of the disruptor...
  13. ncbi Preference and resistance to change with constant- and variable-duration terminal links: independence of reinforcement rate and magnitude
    Randolph C Grace
    University of Canterbury, Department of Psychology, Christchurch, New Zealand
    J Exp Anal Behav 77:233-55. 2002
    ..A single structural relation linking preference and resistance to change describes all the data from this and several related studies...

Research Grants7

  1. Discrimination, Reinforcement, and Resistance to Change
    JOHN NEVIN; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..If so, the same behavioral principles that have been successful in establishing durable new behavior can be used to develop persistent discriminative processes in clinical populations. ..
  2. Discrimination, Reinforcement, and Resistance to Change
    JOHN NEVIN; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  3. Discrimination, Reinforcement, and Resistance to Change
    JOHN NEVIN; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ....