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APPLYING THE BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS PRINCIPLE OF UNIT PRICE TO DRO SCHEDULE THINNING
Author(s) -
Roane Henry S.,
Falcomata Terry S.,
Fisher Wayne W.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2007.40-529
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , behavioral economics , differential reinforcement , context (archaeology) , token economy , value (mathematics) , schedule , unit (ring theory) , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , microeconomics , economics , statistics , mathematics , mathematics education , paleontology , management , biology
Within the context of behavioral economics, the ratio of response requirements to reinforcer magnitude is called unit price. In this investigation, we yoked increases in reinforcer magnitude with increases in intervals of differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) to thin DRO intervals to a terminal value.