BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND UNSAFE DRIVING: WARNING--LEARNING TRAP AHEAD!

The author discusses the differences between consequence, contingency, and conditioning traps. He argues that drivers do not just have accidents, they learn to have them. Features of this type of learning include the effects of rewards on unsafe driving, the difficulty of learning contingencies in the road and traffic environment, and the failure of discriminative stimuli to bring safe driver behavior under the driver's control.

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  University of Kansas, Lawrence

  Department of Human Development and Society for Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  Lawrence, KS  United States  66045
• Authors:
  • Fuller, R
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 73-75
• Serial:
  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Society for Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  • ISSN: 0021-8855

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Environmental quality; High risk drivers; Learning; Prevention; Roadside; Safety
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00609982
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1991 12:00AM