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Model of Response-Reinforcer Contingency
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Model of Response-Reinforcer Contingency

Abstract

Response-reinforcer contingency is the degree of association or correlation between reinforcer delivery and criterion responses and may be indexed by the correlation statistic known as the phi coefficient. Experimental manipulation of this contingency metric requires control of the probability of a criterion response. If the response property used to partition responses into criterion and noncriterion subsets permits the construction of an …

Authors

Scott GK; Platt JR

Journal

Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Learning and Cognition, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 152–171

Publisher

American Psychological Association (APA)

Publication Date

April 1, 1985

DOI

10.1037/0097-7403.11.2.152

ISSN

2329-8456