Journal article
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