On the law of effect.
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Summary
Experiments on single, multiple, and concurrent schedules of reinforcement find various correlations between the rate of responding and the rate or magnitude of reinforcement, which can be accounted for by a coherent system of equations.
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- article
- Published
- 1970-03-01
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- 2,914
- References
- 52
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- Open access
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Keywords
Reinforcement, Matching law, Monotonic function, Contrast (vision), Matching (statistics)
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