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Nice idea, but is it science?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

Richard Schuster
Richard Schuster*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, 31905, Israel
*
schuster@psy.haifa.ac.il
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Abstract:

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In the target article, human cruelty is linked to intrinsic reinforcement from engaging in the behavior without any recommendations for a research program to validate or test for such reinforcement and its independence from ultimate adaptive outcomes. Suggestions are offered in this commentary for such a program.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , June 2006 , pp. 240 - 241
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006