| Human causality judgments and response rates on DRL and DRH schedules of reinforcement. | |
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PMID: 12882379 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The effect of various relationships between a response (an investment made in the context of a game) and an outcome (a return on the investment) on judgments of the causal effectiveness of the response was examined. In Experiment 1, response rates and causal judgments were higher for a differential-reinforcement-of-high-rate (DRH) schedule relative to a variable-ratio (VR) schedule with the same probability of outcome following a response. Response rates were also higher for a DRH than for a variable-interval schedule matched for reinforcement rate. In Experiment 2, response rates and causal judgments were lower for a differential-reinforcement-of-low-rate schedule relative to a VR schedule with the same probability of outcome following a response. These results corroborate the view that schedules are a determinant of both response rates and causal judgments, and that few current theories of causal judgment explicitly predict this pattern of results. |
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Authors:
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Phil Reed |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Learning & behavior Volume: 31 ISSN: 1543-4494 ISO Abbreviation: Learn Behav Publication Date: 2003 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-07-28 Completed Date: 2003-09-10 Revised Date: 2011-01-24 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101155056 Medline TA: Learn Behav Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 205-11 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, University College London, London, England. p.reed@ucl.ac.uk |
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Adolescent Adult Association Learning* Cognition Concept Formation Female Humans Judgment* Male Middle Aged Problem Solving Reaction Time Reinforcement Schedule* |
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