OPERANT MATCHING IS NOT A LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE OF MAXIMIZING REINFORCEMENT RATE

被引:63
作者
HEYMAN, GM [1 ]
LUCE, RD [1 ]
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV,DEPT PSYCHOL & SOCIAL RELAT,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
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ANIMAL LEARNING & BEHAVIOR | 1979年 / 7卷 / 02期
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10.3758/BF03209261
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The distribution of behavior between concurrently available schedules of reinforcement approximates the distribution of reinforcements between the schedules. This equality, called matching, has been explained as an instance of the principle that organisms maximize reinforcement rate. However, a precise account of the relationship between the distribution of behavior and reinforcement rate on the standard concurrent schedule shows that matching and maximizing are different. © 1979 Psychonomic Society, Inc.
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