Matching when the number of response alternatives is large
Animal Learning & BehaviorPublished 1 June 1974Open access
Harold L. Miller, Donald H. Loveland
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Abstract
Pigeons could choose between five concurrently available response keys, each associated with a different variable-interval schedule of reinforcement. A 2-sec changeover delay was also in effect on each key. In almost all cases, the relative number of responses to a key and the relative time spent at it were nearly equivalent to the relative number of reinforcements it produced. In addition, matching was observed between the relative number of reinforcements at a key and the relative number of changeovers to it.
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