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Response independence, matching and maximizing: A reply to Heyman

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Staddon, JE; Motheral, S
Published in: Psychological Review
September 1, 1979

G. Heyman's (see record 1980-00325-001) major criticism of the present authors' (see record 1979-22914-001) reinforcement maximization model is that it does not consider "local" and "interchangeover" interresponse times separately. The present authors show that this separation may not be necessary, since their assumption of independent, random responding to each alternative can account both for the observed equality of local response rates and, when the constraint on total responding is included, for the inverse relation between changeover rates and the degree of disparity between overall response rates to the 2 alternatives. (10 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).

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Psychological Review

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0033-295X

Publication Date

September 1, 1979

Volume

86

Issue

5

Start / End Page

501 / 505

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 52 Psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Staddon, J. E., & Motheral, S. (1979). Response independence, matching and maximizing: A reply to Heyman. Psychological Review, 86(5), 501–505. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.86.5.501
Staddon, J. E., and S. Motheral. “Response independence, matching and maximizing: A reply to Heyman.” Psychological Review 86, no. 5 (September 1, 1979): 501–5. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.86.5.501.
Staddon JE, Motheral S. Response independence, matching and maximizing: A reply to Heyman. Psychological Review. 1979 Sep 1;86(5):501–5.
Staddon, J. E., and S. Motheral. “Response independence, matching and maximizing: A reply to Heyman.” Psychological Review, vol. 86, no. 5, Sept. 1979, pp. 501–05. Scopus, doi:10.1037/0033-295X.86.5.501.
Staddon JE, Motheral S. Response independence, matching and maximizing: A reply to Heyman. Psychological Review. 1979 Sep 1;86(5):501–505.

Published In

Psychological Review

DOI

ISSN

0033-295X

Publication Date

September 1, 1979

Volume

86

Issue

5

Start / End Page

501 / 505

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 52 Psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology