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Howard C. Rachlin Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology Personal page: http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/psychology/index.php? |
Education: B.A. in Mechanical Engineering at Cooper Union in New York City; M.A. in Psychology at The New School of Social Research in New York City; Ph.D. in Psychology at Harvard University.
Research interests: Choice and time allocation; Operant analysis; Matching and maximizing; Self-control and commitment; Social cooperation; Pattering of choice over time and its effect on self-control and social cooperation; Behavioral economics; Decision making; Prisoner dilemma; Addiction; Gambling.
Memberships: American Psychological Society; Society of Experimental Psychologists; Association of Behavior Analysis International ( http://www.abainternational.org/Common/fellows/rachlin_howard.asp).
Awards and acknowledgments: Impact of Science on Application Award, Association of Behavior Analysis International, 2005 ( http://www.abainternational.org/saba/awards/awardees/aisa_rachlin.asp) ● Invited Speaker at the Nobel Symposium on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2001 ● Merit Award from the National Institute of Health.
Web resources on Professor Rachlin: Howard Rachlin at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Rachlin) ● Howard Rachlin at Discovering Psychology series, host by Philip Zimbardo: 8: Learning (video: http://www.learner.org/resources/series138.html#) ● Videolectures: Howard Rachlin’s SQAB Tutorials: Matching (1996) (video: http://sqab.psychology.org/tutorials.php)
SOME PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB
(2009) Howard Rachlin, Marvin Frankel. Taking pragmatism seriously: A review of William Baum’s “Understanding behaviorism: behavior, culture, and evolution” (second edition). Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 92, 1 (July), 131-137 (http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jeab/articles/2009/jeab-92-01-0131.pdf)
(2009) Bryan A. Jones, Howard Rachlin. Delay, probability, and social discounting in public goods game. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 91, 1 (January), 61-73 (http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jeab/articles/2009/jeab-91-01-0061.pdf)
(2007) Howard Rachlin, Bryan A. Jones. Social discounting and delay discounting. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 20: 1-15 (http://evolution.binghamton.edu/evos/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Rachlin2.pdf)
(2007) Howard Rachlin. Cui bono? A review of “Breaking the spell: religion as a natural phenomenon” by Daniel C. Dennett. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 87, 1 (January), 143-149 (http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jeab/articles/2007/jeab-87-01-0143.pdf)
(2007) Howard Rachlin. A behavioral science of mental life: Comments on Foxall’s “intentional behaviorism”. Behavior and Philosophy, 35, 131-138 (http://www.behavior.org/journals_BP/2007/Rachlin_final.pdf)
(2006) Jones B., Rachlin H., Social discounting. Psychological Science, Apr;17(4): 283-6 (http://evolution.binghamton.edu/evos/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Rachlin1.pdf)
(2006) Rachlin H. Notes on discounting. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, May; 85(3): 425-35 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1459845)
(2006) de la Piedad X, Field D, Rachlin H., The influence of prior choices on current choice. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 85(1): 3-21 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1397795)
(2005) Rachlin H., What Müller's law of specific nerve energies says about the mind, Behavior and Philosophy, 33, 41-54 (http://www.behavior.org/journals_BP/2005/3_RachlinFinal.pdf)
(2004) Yi R, Rachlin H., Contingencies of reinforcement in a five-person prisoner's dilemma. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Sep; 82(2): 161-76 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1285003)
(2003) Rachlin H., Rational thought and rational behavior: A review of "Bounded rationality: the adaptive toolbox." Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. May; 79(3): 409-412 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1284943)
(2000) Howard Rachlin, The science of self-control. Harvard University Press (http://books.google.it/books - type: “the science of self-control”)
(1999) Rachlin H., Philosophical behaviorism: A review of "Things that happen because they should: a teleological approach to action", by Rowland Stout. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Sep; 72(2): 273-7 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1284737)
(1997) Howard Rachlin, David Laibson (eds), The matching law: Papers of Richard Herrnstein in psychology and economics, Harvard University Press (http://books.google.it/books - type: “papers of Richard Herrnstein”)
(1996) Green L, Rachlin H., Commitment using punishment. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. May; 65(3): 593-601 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1349954)
(1995) Siegel E., Rachlin H., Soft commitment: self-control achieved by response persistence. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Sep; 64(2): 117-28 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1350105)
(1995) Rachlin H., Burrhus Frederic Skinner - March 20, 1904-August 18, 1990. Biographical Memoirs, The National Academies Press, Sciences. 67: 363-77 (http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=bskinner.html)
(1995) Rachlin H., Behavioral economics without anomalies. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 64(3): 397-404 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1350146)
(1992) Rachlin H., Diminishing marginal value as delay discounting. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. May; 57(3): 407-15 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1323238)
(1991) Rachlin H, Raineri A, Cross D., Subjective probability and delay. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Mar; 55(2): 233-44 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1323057)
(1991) Green L, Rachlin H., Economic substitutability of electrical brain stimulation, food, and water. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Mar; 55(2): 133-43 (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1323050)
(1988) Rachlin H, Green L, Tormey B., Is there a decisive test between matching and maximizing? Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Sep; 50(2): 113-123 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1338862)
(1987) Rachlin H, Castrogiovanni A, Cross D., Probability and delay in commitment. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Nov; 48(3): 347-353 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1338757)
(1983) Rachlin H, Krasnoff J., Eating and drinking: An economic analysis. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. May; 39(3): 385-404 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1347851)
(1983) Green L, Rachlin H, Hanson J., Matching and maximizing with concurrent ratio-interval schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Nov; 40(3): 217-24 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1347932)
(1978) Rachlin H., A molar theory of reinforcement schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Nov; 30(3): 345-360 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1332778)
(1977) Green L, Rachlin H., Pigeons' preferences for stimulus information: effects of amount of information. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Mar; 27(2): 255-263 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1333589)
(1975) Green L, Rachlin H., Economic and biological influences on a pigeon's key peck. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Jan; 23(1): 55-62 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1333319)
(1972) Rachlin H., Response control with titration of punishment. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Mar;17(2):147-157 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1333953)
(1972) Rachlin H, Green L. Commitment, choice and self-control. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Jan; 17(1): 15-22 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1333886)
(1972) Rachlin H, Baum WM., Effects of alternative reinforcement: does the source matter? Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Sep; 18(2): 231-241 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1334008)
(1971) Rachlin H., On the tautology of the matching law. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Mar; 15(2): 249-251 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1333811)
(1969) Rachlin H., Autoshaping of key pecking in pigeons with negative reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Jul; 12(4): 521-531 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1338643)
(1969) Rachlin H, Baum WM., Response rate as a function of amount of reinforcement for a signalled concurrent response. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Jan; 12(1): 11-16 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1338570)
(1969) Hineline PN, Rachlin H., Notes on fixed-ratio and fixed-interval escape responding in the pigeon. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. May; 12(3): 397-401 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1338600)
(1969) Hineline PN, Rachlin H., Escape and avoidance of shock by pigeons pecking a key. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Jul; 12(4): 533-538 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1338644)
(1969) Baum WM, Rachlin HC., Choice as time allocation. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Nov; 12(6): 861-874 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1338696)
(1968) Schuster R, Rachlin H., Indifference between punishment and free shock: evidence for the negative law of effect. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Nov; 11(6): 777-786 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1338630)
(1967) Rachlin H., The effect of shock intensity on concurrent and single-key responding in concurrent-chain schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Jan; 10(1): 87-93 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1338322)
(1966) Rachlin H., Recovery of responses during mild punishment. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. May; 9(3): 251-263 ( http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=1338191)
Working papers and drafts:
(2007) Howard Rachlin, Bryan A. Jones. Altruism among relatives and non-relatives. Nature Proceedings (manuscript preprint: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/1565/version/1)
(2007) Rachlin H., In what sense are addicts irrational? Drug and Alcohol Dependence, September, 90 (Suppl 1) (Manuscript: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1994667/pdf/nihms-27069.pdf)
(1995) Rachlin, H. Self-control: Beyond commitment. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 18 (1): 109-159 ( http://www.bbsonline.org/documents/a/00/00/04/92/bbs00000492-00/bbs.rachlin.html)
Updated: February 6, 2010