The Matching Law: A Research Review

ISBN-13: 9781138194274 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 286 str.

Michael Davison; Dianne McCarthy

Opis

Originally published in 1988, the purpose of this title was to present a coherent summary of the previous 30 years of research on the way in which animals and humans distribute their behaviour between alternative sources of reinforcement. There were three reasons why the book was needed at the time. First, it makes use of the empirical results available, something only partially present in many theories of the time. Second, as a general source of information to gain understanding of the scope of research on behaviour allocation. Third, a text was needed that described the techniques of experimental design and data analysis in this area."

Spis treści

Preface.  Acknowledgments.  1. Historical Antecedents  2. The Strict Matching Law  3. Herrnstein’s Equations, Multiple Schedules, and Empirical Research  4. Generalized Matching  5. Quantitative Methods  6. Concurrent-Schedule Research I: Reinforcer Parameters  7. Concurrent-Schedule Research II: Schedule Types  8. Concurrent-Schedule Research III: Miscellany  9. Multiple-Schedule Research  10. Concurrent-Chain Performance  11.Matching Models of Signal Detection  12.For the Future.  References.  Author Index.  Subject Index