Run length, visit duration, and reinforcers per visit in concurrent performance

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-293

  Macdonall, James S ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized matching law; Lever press; Rats; Run length; Scheduled reinforcer probability; Scheduled reinforcer rate; Visit duration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041073210     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1998.69-275     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Baum, W. M. (1974). On two types of deviations from the matching law: Bias and undermatching. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 22, 231-242.
2. Baum, W. M. (1979). Matching, undermatching, and overmatching in studies of choice. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 32, 269-281.
3. Baum, W. M. (1982). Choice, changeover, and travel. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 38, 35-49.
4. Belke, T. W. (1992). Stimulus preference and the transitivity of choice. Animal Learning & Behavior, 20, 401-406.
5. Boelens, H., & Kop, P. F. M. (1983). Concurrent schedules: Spatial separation of response alternatives. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 40, 35-45.
6. Dreyfus, L. R., Dorman, L. G., Fetterman, J. G., & Stubbs, D. A. (1982). An invariant relation between changing over and reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 38, 327-338.
7. Findley, J. D. (1958). Preference and switching under concurrent scheduling. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1, 123-144.
8. Fleshier, M., & Hoffman, H. S. (1962). A progression for generating variable-interval schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 5, 529-530.
9. Gibbon, J. (1995). Dynamics of time matching: Arousal makes better seem worse. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 2, 208-215.
10. Gibbon, J., Church, R. M., Fairhurst, S., & Kacelnik, A. (1988). Scalar expectancy theory and choice between delayed rewards. Psychological Review, 95, 102-114.
11. Green, L., Rachlin, H., & Hanson, J. (1983). Matching and maximizing with concurrent ratio-interval schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 40, 217-224.
12. Herrnstein, R. J. (1961). Relative and absolute strength of response as a function of frequency of reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 4, 267-272.
13. Herrnstein, R. J. (1970). On the law of effect. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 13, 243-266.
14. Herrnstein, R. J., & Heyman, G. M. (1979). Is matching compatible with reinforcement maximization on concurrent variable interval, variable ratio? Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 31, 209-223.
15. Heyman, G. (1979). A Markov model description of changeover probabilities in concurrent variable-interval schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 31, 41-51.
16. Houston, A. I., & McNamara, J. (1981). How to maximize reward rate on two variable interval paradigms. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 35, 367-396.
17. MacDonall, J. S. (1988). Concurrent variable-ratio schedules: Implications for the generalized matching law. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 50, 55-64.
18. Mark, T. A., & Gallistel, C. R. (1994). Kinetics of matching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 20, 79-95.
19. Mechner, F. (1958). Probability relations within response sequences under ratio reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1, 109-121.
20. Rachlin, H. (1978). A molar theory of reinforcement schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 30, 345-360.
21. Rachlin, H., Green, L., & Tormey, B. (1988). Is there a decisive test between matching and maximizing? Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 50, 113-123.
22. Shimp, C. P. (1966). Probabilistically reinforced choice behavior in pigeons. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 9, 443-455.
23. Shimp, C. P. (1967). The reinforcement of short interresponse times. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 10, 425-434.
24. Shimp, C. P. (1982). Choice and behavioral patterning. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 37, 157-169.
25. Skinner, B. F. (1950). Are theories of learning necessary? Psychological Review, 57, 193-216.
26. Vaughan, W., Jr. (1981). Melioration, matching, and maximizing. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 36, 141-149.
27. Wearden, J. H., & Burgess, I. S. (1982). Matching since Baum (1979). Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 38, 339-348.
28. Williams, B. A., & Bell, M. C. (1996). Changeover behavior and preference in concurrent schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 65, 513-526.