A theory of attending and reinforcement in conditional discriminations
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A model of conditional discrimination performance is combined with the notion that unmeasured attending to the sample space and comparison stimuli, in the steady state and during the disruption, depends on the reinforcement in the same way as predicted for overt free-operant responding by behavioral momentum theory. The rate of observing behavior, a measurable accompaniment of attending, is well described by an equation for steady-steady responding derived from momentum theory.
Publication Name: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-5002
Year: 2005
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Unsignaled delay of reinforcement, relative time, and resistance to change
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Two experiments with pigeons examined the effects of unsignaled, nonresetting delays of reinforcement on responding maintained by different reinforcement rates. The effects of delays between responses and reinforcers do not appear to be attenuated when the average time between reinforcers is longer.
Publication Name: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-5002
Year: 2005
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Resistance to change of forgetting functions and response rates
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The effects of reinforcement probability on resistance to change of remembering and response rate are examined. The results indicate that response rate, accuracy and resistance to change of discriminating are positively related to rate of reinforcement.
Publication Name: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-5002
Year: 2005
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