Jack McDowell - Publications

Affiliations: 
Psychology Emory University, Atlanta, GA 
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Year Citation  Score
2020 McDowell JJ, Klapes B. All Behavior is choice: Revisiting an evolutionary theory's account of behavior on single schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. PMID 33025598 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.630  0.473
2020 McDowell JJ. On the current status of the evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 111: 130-145. PMID 30656712 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.495  0.407
2019 McDowell JJ, Klapes B. An implementation of punishment in the evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 112: 128-143. PMID 31385310 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.543  0.522
2018 McDowell JJ, Klapes B. An evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics applied to concurrent ratio schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 110: 323-335. PMID 30195256 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.468  0.459
2017 McDowell JJ. The Effect of Reinforcement, and the Roles of Mutation Rate and Selection Pressure, in an Evolutionary Theory of Behavior Dynamics. The Behavior Analyst. 40: 75-82. PMID 31976961 DOI: 10.1007/S40614-017-0094-9  0.409
2017 McDowell JJ, Calvin OL, Hackett R, Klapes B. Falsification of matching theory and confirmation of an evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics in a critical experiment. Behavioural Processes. 140: 61-68. PMID 28373055 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2017.03.025  0.373
2016 Calvin OL, McDowell JJ. Extending unified-theory-of-reinforcement neural networks to steady-state operant behavior. Behavioural Processes. 127: 52-61. PMID 27018201 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2016.03.016  0.391
2016 Popa A, McDowell JJ. Behavioral variability in an evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 105: 270-90. PMID 27002687 DOI: 10.1002/jeab.199  0.652
2015 McDowell JJ, Calvin NT. Against matching theory: predictions of an evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics. Behavioural Processes. 114: 14-25. PMID 25680328 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2015.02.007  0.48
2013 McDowell JJ. A quantitative evolutionary theory of adaptive behavior dynamics. Psychological Review. 120: 731-50. PMID 24219847 DOI: 10.1037/a0034244  0.409
2013 Kulubekova S, McDowell JJ. Computational model of selection by consequences: patterns of preference change on concurrent schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 100: 147-64. PMID 23897587 DOI: 10.1002/Jeab.40  0.746
2012 McDowell JJ, Popa A, Calvin NT. Selection dynamics in joint matching to rate and magnitude of reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 98: 199-212. PMID 23008523 DOI: 10.1901/Jeab.2012.98-199  0.683
2011 Berg JP, McDowell JJ. Quantitative, steady-state properties of Catania's computational model of the operant reserve. Behavioural Processes. 87: 71-83. PMID 21238552 DOI: 10.1016/J.Beproc.2011.01.006  0.672
2010 McDowell JJ, Popa A. Toward a mechanics of adaptive behavior: evolutionary dynamics and matching theory statics. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 94: 241-60. PMID 21451751 DOI: 10.1901/Jeab.2010.94-241  0.697
2010 McDowell JJ, Caron ML. Bias and undermatching in delinquent boys' verbal behavior as a function of their level of deviance. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 93: 471-83. PMID 21119857 DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2010.93-471  0.32
2010 McDowell JJ, Caron ML. Matching in an undisturbed natural human environment. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 93: 415-33. PMID 21119854 DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2010.93-415  0.416
2010 Popa A, McDowell JJ. The effect of Hamming distances in a computational model of selection by consequences. Behavioural Processes. 84: 428-34. PMID 20152891 DOI: 10.1016/J.Beproc.2010.02.002  0.63
2010 McDowell JJ. Behavioral and neural Darwinism: selectionist function and mechanism in adaptive behavior dynamics. Behavioural Processes. 84: 358-65. PMID 19941941 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.11.011  0.342
2009 McDowell JJ, Popa A. Beyond continuous mathematics and traditional scientific analysis: understanding and mining Wolfram's A New Kind of Science. Behavioural Processes. 81: 343-52. PMID 19429227 DOI: 10.1016/J.Beproc.2009.01.012  0.579
2008 McDowell JJ, Caron ML, Kulubekova S, Berg JP. A computational theory of selection by consequences applied to concurrent schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 90: 387-403. PMID 19070343 DOI: 10.1901/Jeab.2008.90-387  0.723
2008 Kulubekova S, McDowell JJ. A computational model of selection by consequences: log survivor plots. Behavioural Processes. 78: 291-6. PMID 18243578 DOI: 10.1016/J.Beproc.2007.12.005  0.745
2007 McDowell JJ, Caron ML. Undermatching is an emergent property of selection by consequences. Behavioural Processes. 75: 97-106. PMID 17399915 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.02.017  0.529
2006 Soto PL, McDowell JJ, Dallery J. Feedback functions, optimization, and the relation of response rate to reinforcer rate. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 85: 57-71. PMID 16602376 DOI: 10.1901/Jeab.2006.13-05  0.692
2006 McDowell JJ, Soto PL, Dallery J, Kulubekova S. A computational theory of adaptive behavior based on an evolutionary reinforcement mechanism Gecco 2006 - Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. 1: 175-182.  0.717
2005 Soto PL, McDowell JJ, Dallery J. Effects of adding a second reinforcement alternative: implications for Herrnstein's interpretation of r(e). Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 84: 185-225. PMID 16262186 DOI: 10.1901/Jeab.2005.09-05  0.685
2005 Dallery J, Soto PL, McDowell JJ. A test of the formal and modern theories of matching. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 84: 129-45. PMID 16262183 DOI: 10.1901/Jeab.2005.108-04  0.716
2004 McDowell JJ. A computational model of selection by consequences. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 81: 297-317. PMID 15357512 DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2004.81-297  0.327
2000 Dallery J, McDowell JJ, Lancaster JS. Falsification of matching theory's account of single-alternative responding: Herrnstein's k varies with sucrose concentration. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 73: 23-43. PMID 10682338 DOI: 10.1901/Jeab.2000.73-23  0.613
1999 McDowell JJ, Dallery J. Falsification of matching theory: changes in the asymptote of Herrnstein's hyperbola as a function of water deprivation. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 72: 251-68. PMID 10503300 DOI: 10.1901/Jeab.1999.72-251  0.571
1988 McDowell JJ, Wixted JT. The linear system theory's account of behavior maintained by variable-ratio schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 49: 143-69. PMID 3279150 DOI: 10.1901/Jeab.1988.49-143  0.604
1986 McDowell JJ, Wixted JT. Variable-ratio schedules as variable-interval schedules with linear feedback loops. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 46: 315-29. PMID 3805974 DOI: 10.1901/Jeab.1986.46-315  0.572
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