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Rate, Probability and Matching: Comments on “the Identities Hidden in the Matching Laws, and Their Uses” by David Thorne

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: David Thorne's (2010) article, "The identities hidden in the matching laws, and their uses" performs a valuable service in pointing out alternative expressions of matching. However, some identities tend to obscure rather than illuminate empirical relationships. Three such problematic instances are discussed: interresponse time as a function of interval and ratio schedule parameters; probability equality as implying rate matching; the apparent simplicity of probabilistic functions, as opposed to response rate functions, of reinforcement rate.

Source: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2010.94-365

Authors: Howard Rachlin, Matthew L. Locey

Institution: Stony Brook University

Language: English

Topic: Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Award: G725351821