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MULTIPLE SCHEDULE COMPONENT DURATION: A RE‐ANALYSIS OF SHIMP AND WHEATLEY (1971) AND TODOROV (1972)
Author(s) -
Edmon Eugene L.
Publication year - 1978
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.1978.30-239
Subject(s) - duration (music) , schedule , component (thermodynamics) , constant (computer programming) , absolute (philosophy) , statistics , matching (statistics) , econometrics , computer science , psychology , mathematics , thermodynamics , physics , theology , philosophy , acoustics , programming language , operating system
The tendency for relative response rate to approach matching as multiple schedule component duration decreases has been interpreted as confirming a prediction of Herrnstein's multiple schedule equation. However, the equation predicts that absolute response rate will decrease in both multiple schedule components as component duration decreases. The absolute response‐rate data of two studies of component duration do not support this prediction; absolute rate either increased or remained relatively constant.