Richard Herrnstein
Richard Herrnstein · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Experimental psychologist known for the matching law in behavior
1930, New York City, United States — 1994, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
United States
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Richard Herrnstein was a Harvard experimental psychologist who formulated the matching law, showing that animals distribute behavior in proportion to the reinforcement each option yields, a cornerstone of the quantitative analysis of behavior. He was born in New York City to Hungarian Jewish immigrant parents. He also became widely known for controversial later work on intelligence.
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Experimental psychologist known for the matching law in behavior
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