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Autor/inn/en | Karsina, Allen; Thompson, Rachel H.; Rodriguez, Nicole M. |
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Titel | Effects of a History of Differential Reinforcement on Preference for Choice |
Quelle | In: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 95 (2011) 2, S.189-202 (14 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0022-5002 |
Schlagwörter | Reinforcement; Undergraduate Students; Higher Education; Games; Experiments; Stimuli; Probability; Psychology; Computers |
Abstract | The effects of a history of differential reinforcement for selecting a free-choice versus a restricted-choice stimulus arrangement on the subsequent responding of 7 undergraduates in a computer-based game of chance were examined using a concurrent-chains arrangement and a multiple-baseline-across-participants design. In the free-choice arrangement, participants selected three numbers, in any order, from an array of eight numbers presented on the computer screen. In the restricted-choice arrangement, participants selected the order of three numbers preselected from the array of eight by a computer program. In initial sessions, all participants demonstrated no consistent preference or preference for restricted choice. Differential reinforcement of free-choice selections resulted in increased preference for free choice immediately and in subsequent sessions in the absence of programmed differential outcomes. For 5 participants, changes in preference for choice were both robust and lasting, suggesting that a history of differential reinforcement for choice may affect preference for choice. (Contains 6 figures, 2 tables, and 1 footnote.) (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |