Sensitivity of children's behavior to probabilistic reward: Effects of a decreasing-ratio lottery system on math performance

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 403-406

  Martens, Brian K ^a   Ardoin, Scott P ^b   Hilt, Alexandra M ^a   Lannie, Amanda L ^a   Panahon, Carlos J ^a   Wolfe, Laurie A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic behavior; Lottery systems; Probabilistic reward

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RECREATION; REWARD; TIME;

ACHIEVEMENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROBABILITY; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038179495     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-403     Document Type: Article

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