Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior · 1973 · 118 citations · 12 references
Public HealthBehavioral SciencesPsychologyAnimal BehaviorExperimental DesignExperimental PsychologyChoice BehaviorClassical ConditioningDifferential ReinforcementExperimental Analysis Of BehaviorFood ChoicesOperant ConditioningChoice Reaction TimeContinuous Reinforcement SchedulesFixed Interval SchedulesIntermittent Reinforcement SchedulesReinforcement MagnitudeReinforcement RateResponse AllocationVariable-interval Scheduling
Frequency and magnitude of reinforcement were varied in concurrent variable-interval variable-interval schedules of reinforcement. The relative response rate to the two stimuli did not support the notion that choice approximately matches relative total access to food (the product of frequency and magnitude of reinforcement in one schedule divided by the sum of products of frequency and magnitude in both schedules). Relative response rates matched relative reinforcement value when that measure was adjusted to give more emphasis to reinforcement frequency than to reinforcement duration.
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