Undermatching: a reappraisal of performance on concurrent variable-interval schedules of reinforcement.
Undermatching: a reappraisal of performance on concurrent variable-interval schedules of reinforcement.
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欠匹配:对并发可变间隔强化计划的表现进行重新评估。
DOI:
10.1901/jeab.1977.27-203
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发表时间:
1977
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Lawrence E. Myers
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作者:
David L. Myers;Lawrence E. Myers
The extant data for pigeons' performance on concurrent variable-interval schedules were examined in detail. Least-squares lines relating relative pecks and time to the corresponding relative reinforcements were obtained for four studies. The between-study group slopes for time and pecks and five of seven within-study group slopes from individual studies were less than 1.00. This suggested the generality that pigeons respond less to the richer reinforcement schedule than predicted by matching. For pecks, a nonparametric test for distribution of points also supported this concept of undermatching (to the richer reinforcement schedule). In addition, using mean squared error as the criterion, a cubic curve fit the peck proportion data better than any line or other polynomial. This indicates that the relation between peck and reinforcement proportions may be nonlinear.