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CONFIRMATION OF LINEAR SYSTEM THEORY PREDICTION: CHANGES IN HERRNSTEIN'S k AS A FUNCTION OF CHANGES IN REINFORCER MAGNITUDE
1984 · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; v. 41; n. 2; p. 183-192; Fonte: Wiley
Dados principais
- Ano de publicação
- 1984
- Dados editoriais
- Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; v. 41; n. 2; p. 183-192; Fonte: Wiley
- Palavras-chave
- JEAB; análise do comportamento
Autores
- J. J. McDowell
- Helena M. Wood
Resumo
Eight human subjects pressed a lever on a range of variable‐interval schedules for 0.25¢ to 35.0¢ per reinforcement. Herrnstein's hyperbola described seven of the eight subjects' response‐rate data well. For all subjects, the y‐asymptote of the hyperbola increased with increasing reinforcer magnitude and its reciprocal was a linear function of the reciprocal of reinforcer magnitude. These results confirm predictions made by linear system theory; they contradict formal properties of Herrnstein's account and of six other mathematical accounts of single‐alternative responding.