Temporal discounting predicts student responsiveness to exchange delays in a classroom token system

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Reed, Derek D ^a   Martens, Brian K ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; behavioral economics; choice; delay discounting; self control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOKEN ECONOMY;

EID: 79960221502     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: 19383703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-1     Document Type: Article

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