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From reinforcement of acts to reinforcement of social preferences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2003

Daniel John Zizzo
Daniel John Zizzo
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3UQ, United [email protected] http://www.economics.ox.ac.uk/Research/Ree/ZizzoWebpage.htm
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Abstract

Rachlin rightly highlights behavioural reinforcement, conditional cooperation, and framing. However, genes may explain part of the variance in altruistic behaviour. Framing cannot be used to support his theory of altruism. Reinforcement of acts is not identical to reinforcement of patterns of acts. Further, many patterns of acts could be reinforced, and Rachlin's altruism is not the most likely candidate.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 282 - 283
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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