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A Further Analysis of the Value of Choice: Controlling for Illusory Discriminative Stimuli and Evaluating the Effects of Less Preferred Items

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: We sought to address limitations of prior research that has isolated choice as an independent variable. Children's preferences for the opportunity to choose were evaluated in a concurrent-chains arrangement in which identical consequences were available in choice and no-choice conditions. Results demonstrated that preference for choice, in and of itself, was (a) evident in children, (b) not controlled by illusory discriminative stimuli such as the amount from which to choose, and (c) generally unaffected by less preferred and potentially unimportant consequences.

Source: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-711

Authors: Anna C. Schmidt, Gregory P. Hanley, Stacy A. Layer

Institutions: University of Kansas, Western New England University

Language: English

Topic: Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2108237312

FWCI: 3.492

Cites: 11

Cited by: 36

Related to: 10