An application of the matching law to social dynamics

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 589-601

  Borrero, John C ^a,c   Crisolo, Stephany S ^a   Qiuchen, Tu ^a   Rieland, Weston A ^a   Ross, Noël A ^a   Francisco, Monica T ^a,b   Yamamoto, Kenny Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Choice; Conversation; Matching law; Social dynamics; Verbal behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38849105516     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2007.589-601     Document Type: Article

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