Kenneth W. Spence

Behavior Theory and Conditioning

M. E. Bitterman, Kenneth W. Spence · The American Journal of Psychology · 1957 · 1.5K citations

Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +10

A theory of emotionally based drive (D) and its relation to performance in simple learning situations.

Kenneth W. Spence · American Psychologist · 1958 · 335 citations

Social Sciences, Educational Psychology, Psychology +6

The relationship of anxiety level to performance in serial learning.

Janet A. Taylor, Kenneth W. Spence · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 1952 · 253 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +10

Experimental studies of learning and the higher mental processes in infra-human primates.

Kenneth W. Spence · Psychological Bulletin · 1937 · 226 citations

Social Sciences, Neuroscience, Psychology +16

The nature of the response in discrimination learning.

Kenneth W. Spence · Psychological Review · 1952 · 204 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +12