PSYC 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Matching Law, Response Bias
23 Mar 2020
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Class 17 chapter 6: ex: if the pigeon pecks the key on the left, it receives food according to a vi 60-second schedule (bl). If it pecks on the right, it receives food according to a fr 10 schedule (br). It is free to peck either side at any time. Want to see how the schedule of reinforcement on each key influences its choices: the individual"s choice in a concurrent schedule is reflected in the distribution of its behavior between the two response alternatives. Calculate the relative rate of responding on each alternative. The relative rate of responding on the left key (bl) is calculated by dividing the rate of responding on the left by the total rate of responding (left + right keys): bl / (bl + br) If the pigeon pecks equally as often on the two response keys, this ratio will be . 5.
