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EFFECTS OF REINFORCEMENT MAGNITUDE ON CHOICE AND RATE OF RESPONDING1

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Neuringer, Allen J.·1967·Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
DOI 10.1901/jeab.1967.10-417PMC PMC1338405
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Behavior is sometimes insensitive, and sometimes extremely sensitive, to changes in reinforcement magnitude. The present work attempted to analyze this disparity by comparing, in a single experimental situation, a pigeon's choices with its response rates. Whereas choices varied directly with reinforcement duration, rates of responding were comparatively insensitive to duration changes. These results suggest that the effect of reinforcement magnitude on responding partly depends upon the extent to which responding influences the amount of reinforcement.

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  • Regarding high sensitivity to magnitude, published data are varied, with observations of near-strict matching as well as undermatching.

    “Regarding the high sensitivity to magnitude, the published data are varied, with observations of near-strict matching (Brownstein, 1971; Keller & Gollub, 1977; Neuringer, 1967) as well as undermatching (Schneider, 1973; Todorov, 1973) being reported.”

    From DYNAMIC RESPONSE-BY-RESPONSE MODELS OF MATCHING BEHAVIOR IN RHESUS MONKEYS (2005) · cites this paper as Neuringer, 1967

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  1. Herrnstein, R. J. Relative and absolute strength of response as a function of frequency of reinforce- ment. J. exp. Anal. Behav., 1961, 4, 267-272.
  2. Keesey, R. E. and Kling, J. W. Amount of reinforce- ment and free-operant responding. J. exp. Anal. Behav., 1961, 4, 125-132.
  3. Neuringer, A. J. Choice and rate of responding in the pigeon. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard Univ., 1967.

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Authors
Neuringer, A. J.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Neuringer, Allen J.
Venue
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1967-09
Volume
10
Issue
5
Pages
417-424
ISSN
  • 0022-5002 (ISSN-L)
  • 1938-3711
DOI
10.1901/jeab.1967.10-417
PMC
PMC1338405
OpenAlex
W2146376421
Cited by
161
References
25
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 3 · 2012: 3
FWCI
8.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 16615 d)
Locations
  • Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Harvard University
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
reinforcement magnitude, choice behavior, rate of responding, pigeons, reinforcement sensitivity
MeSH terms
Animals, Discrimination Learning, Male, Columbidae, Reaction Time, Reinforcement, Psychology, Time Factors

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