TIMEOUT AND CONCURRENT FIXED-RATIO SCHEDULES WITH HUMAN SUBJECTS
Human subjects given choices among 10 different pairs of concurrent fixed-ratio schedules preferred the smaller ratio. After a preference had been determined, timeout of increasing duration followed the completion of the preferred schedule. The larger the fixed-ratio difference, the longer the timeo...
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| Published in | Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 213 - 219 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.03.1972
Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior |
| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Human subjects given choices among 10 different pairs of concurrent fixed-ratio schedules preferred the smaller ratio. After a preference had been determined, timeout of increasing duration followed the completion of the preferred schedule. The larger the fixed-ratio difference, the longer the timeout necessary to produce the shift to the previously nonpreferred ratio. Responses by two of three subjects were unaffected by changes from response-dependent to response-independent pay. |
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| Bibliography: | ArticleID:JEAB2442 istex:B3DCAA99829729AE358EE908B85DAC3766635191 ark:/67375/WNG-M6TTJ8L9-V This paper was submitted to the Departments of Psychology, and Human Development, at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree. The author expresses his appreciation for support and ideas to Dr. Donald M. Baer and Dr. James Sherman from the University of Kansas, and to Dr. Vance Cotter and Dr. Joseph Spradlin for reading the final copy of the manuscript. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0022-5002 1938-3711 |
| DOI: | 10.1901/jeab.1972.17-213 |