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INCENTIVE THEORY: IV. MAGNITUDE OF REWARD
Author(s) -
Killeen Peter R.
Publication year - 1985
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.1985.43-407
Subject(s) - incentive , magnitude (astronomy) , value (mathematics) , function (biology) , psychology , reinforcement , microeconomics , prospect theory , econometrics , social psychology , statistics , economics , mathematics , physics , astronomy , evolutionary biology , biology
Incentive theory is successfully applied to data from experiments in which the amount of food reward is varied. This is accomplished by assuming that incentive value is a negatively accelerated function of reward duration. The interaction of the magnitude of a reward with its delay is confirmed, and the causes and implications of this interaction are discussed.