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Variation, repetition, and choice
Authors:Abreu-Rodrigues Josele  Lattal Kennon A  dos Santos Cristiano V  Matos Ricardo A
Institution:Departamento de Processos Psicológicos Básicos, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasilia, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil. abreu@unb.br
Abstract:Experiment 1 investigated the controlling properties of variability contingencies on choice between repeated and variable responding. Pigeons were exposed to concurrent-chains schedules with two alternatives. In the REPEAT alternative, reinforcers in the terminal link depended on a single sequence of four responses. In the VARY alternative, a response sequence in the terminal link was reinforced only if it differed from the n previous sequences (lag criterion). The REPEAT contingency generated low, constant levels of sequence variation whereas the VARY contingency produced levels of sequence variation that increased with the lag criterion. Preference for the REPEAT alternative tended to increase directly with the degree of variation required for reinforcement. Experiment 2 examined the potential confounding effects in Experiment 1 of immediacy of reinforcement by yoking the interreinforcer intervals in the REPEAT alternative to those in the VARY alternative. Again, preference for REPEAT was a function of the lag criterion. Choice between varying and repeating behavior is discussed with respect to obtained behavioral variability, probability of reinforcement, delay of reinforcement, and switching within a sequence.
Keywords:variation  choice  concurrent‐chains schedules  key peck  pigeons
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