Saving the best for last? A cross-species analysis of choices between reinforcer sequences
Andrade and Hackenberg compared pigeons (four) and humans (four undergraduates completed, of eleven recruited) choosing between token sequences with equal overall rates but different timing; with immediate exchange both species generally preferred the sequence whose first reinforcer arrived soonest; hypothetical questionnaire answers favoured improving sequences, the reverse of the repeated-choice behaviour. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 98(1), 45-64, 2012.
Andrade and Hackenberg compared pigeons (four) and humans (four undergraduates completed, of eleven recruited) choosing between token sequences with equal overall rates but different timing; with immediate exchange both species generally preferred the sequence whose first reinforcer arrived soonest; hypothetical questionnaire answers favoured improving sequences, the reverse of the repeated-choice behaviour. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 98(1), 45-64, 2012.
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Andrade, L. F., & Hackenberg, T. D. (2012). Saving the best for last? A cross-species analysis of choices between reinforcer sequences. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 98(1), 45-64. doi:10.1901/jeab.2012.98-45 https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.2012.98-45