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INTERACTION OF FREQUENCY AND MAGNITUDE OF REINFORCEMENT ON CONCURRENT PERFORMANCES 1
Author(s) -
Todorov Joao Claudio
Publication year - 1973
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.1973.19-451
Subject(s) - reinforcement , magnitude (astronomy) , frequency , schedule , statistics , computer science , mathematics , psychology , social psychology , physics , astronomy , operating system
Frequency and magnitude of reinforcement were varied in concurrent variable‐interval variable‐interval schedules of reinforcement. The relative response rate to the two stimuli did not support the notion that choice approximately matches relative total access to food (the product of frequency and magnitude of reinforcement in one schedule divided by the sum of products of frequency and magnitude in both schedules). Relative response rates matched relative reinforcement value when that measure was adjusted to give more emphasis to reinforcement frequency than to reinforcement duration.