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REINFORCEMENT VALUES OF VISUAL PATTERNS COMPARED THROUGH CONCURRENT PERFORMANCES 1
Author(s) -
Berlyne D. E.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1972.18-281
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , interval (graph theory) , value (mathematics) , binary number , computer science , cognitive psychology , artificial intelligence , social psychology , arithmetic , mathematics , machine learning , combinatorics
Use of concurrent variable‐interval performances confirms that more‐complex visual patterns have greater reinforcement value for human subjects than less‐complex patterns. The findings tally with verbal evaluative ratings and with results of previous experiments using a discrete‐trial binary‐choice technique.