An alternative to the stay/switch equation assessed when using a changeover-delay.

ABSTRACT: An alternative to the generalized matching equation for understanding concurrent performances is the stay/switch model. For the stay/switch model, the important events are the contingencies and behaviors at each alternative. The current experiment compares the descriptions by two stay/switch equations, the original, empirically derived stay/switch equation and a more theoretically derived equation based on ratios of stay to switch responses matching ratios of stay to switch reinforcers. The present experiment compared descriptions by the original stay/switch equation when using and not using a changeover delay. It also compared descriptions by the more theoretical equation with and without a changeover delay. Finally, it compared descriptions of the concurrent performances by these two equ

SUBMITTER: MacDonall JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4618195 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature