Humans' choices in situations of time-based diminishing returns: Effects of fixed-interval duration and progressive-interval step size

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-19

  Jacobs, Eric A ^a,b   Hackenberg, Timothy D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adult humans; Choice; Fixed interval schedules; Key press; Optimization; Progressive interval schedules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029686765     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1996.65-5     Document Type: Article

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