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Variable Ratio Reinforcement

Variable Ratio Reinforcement is a type of operant conditioning schedule in which reinforcement is delivered after an unpredictable number of responses, distinguished from fixed ratio schedules by its reliance on a varying, rather than consistent, response requirement.

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Variable Ratio Schedule

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Progressive Ratio as a Measure of Reward Strength

William Hodos · Science · 1961 · 1.1K citations

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COCAINE-REINFORCED BEHAVIOR IN RATS: EFFECTS OF REINFORCEMENT MAGNITUDE AND FIXED-RATIO SIZE

Roy W. Pickens, Travis Thompson · Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · 1968 · 425 citations

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CONCURRENT RESPONDING WITH FIXED RELATIVE RATE OF REINFORCEMENT<sup>1</sup>

D. Alan Stubbs, Stanley S. Pliskoff · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior · 1969 · 392 citations · Full text

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UNINSTRUCTED HUMAN REPONDING: SENSITIVITY TO RATIO AND INTERVAL CONTINGENCIES<sup>1</sup>

Byron A. Matthews, Eliot Shimoff, A. Charles Catania et al. · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior · 1977 · 348 citations · Full text

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MAXIMIZING AND MATCHING ON CONCURRENT RATIO SCHEDULES<sup>1</sup>

R. J. Herrnstein, Donald H. Loveland · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior · 1975 · 328 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Michael Davison

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    14 publications · 872 citations

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    Phil Reed

    Swansea University, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 167 citations

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    Douglas Elliffe

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    7 publications · 354 citations

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    Alan Baron

    University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, United States

    6 publications · 207 citations

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    A. Charles Catania

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United States

    6 publications · 926 citations

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Institutions

235

  1. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    15 h-index

    30 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. West Virginia University

    Morgantown, United States

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    624 citations

  3. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

    Milwaukee, United States

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    530 citations

  4. Temple University

    Philadelphia, United States

    7 h-index

    30 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    766 citations

  6. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    366 citations

  7. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    399 citations

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  1. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

    180 publications · 9.9K citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

    JABA · 15 publications · 922 citations

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  4. Science

    6 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. Psychonomic Science

    5 publications · 145 citations

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