Simulated Slot-Machine Play with Concurrent Variable Ratio and Random Ratio Schedules of Reinforcement
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 47 (2) , 635-639
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1980.47.2.635
Abstract
Variable and random ratio schedules of reinforcement are conceptually contrasted and experimentally compared in a computer simulated “slot machine” task. 20 subjects did not behave differentially in terms of either choice of game or employment of strategy.Keywords
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