FORMAL PROPERTIES OF THE MATCHING LAW1
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 21 (1) , 159-164
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1974.21-159
Abstract
The matching law implies that any form of behavior approaches an asymptotic frequency as its reinforcement approaches 100 per cent of the total reinforcement being obtained at a given time. This asymptote is formally independent of the kind or quantity of drive or reinforcement associated with the response in question or with any competing response.Keywords
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