PSYCO282 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Matching Law, Impulsivity, Graph Labeling

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO282
• Professor: Russ Powell

Document Summary

Module 12: choice, matching and self-control (chapter 10) To begin with, remember that the matching law predicts that the distribution of responses on each schedule will match the distribution of reinforcers earned on that schedule. This means that you only have to calculate the expected distribution of reinforcers on the different schedules to be able to predict what the distribution of responses will be. And to do that you simply have to complete the following three steps. Step 1: determine the number of reinforcers likely to be earned on each schedule. Once you know what the matching law predicts, you rst need to determine the number of reinforcers likely to be earned on each of the schedules you are given. In doing so, you should assume that the subject will pick up all of the available reinforcers on each schedule which is, in fact, generally true.