MULTIPLE SCHEDULE COMPONENT DURATION: A RE‐ANALYSIS OF SHIMP AND WHEATLEY (1971) AND TODOROV (1972)
- 1 September 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 30 (2) , 239-241
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1978.30-239
Abstract
The tendency for relative response rate to approach matching as multiple schedule component duration decreases has been interpreted as confirming a prediction of Herrnstein's multiple schedule equation. However, the equation predicts that absolute response rate will decrease in both multiple schedule components as component duration decreases. The absolute response-rate data of two studies of component duration do not support this prediction; absolute rate either increased or remained relatively constant.Keywords
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