INCENTIVE THEORY: IV. MAGNITUDE OF REWARD
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 43 (3) , 407-417
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1985.43-407
Abstract
Incentive theory is successfully applied to data from experiments in which the amount of food reward is varied. This is accomplished by assuming that incentive value is a negatively accelerated function of reward duration. The interaction of the magnitude of a reward with its delay is confirmed, and the causes and implications of this interaction are discussed.Keywords
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