• DOI:10.3758/BF03209777
Corpus ID: 145693802

Preference reversal and delayed reinforcement

@article{Ainslie1981PreferenceRA,
  title={Preference reversal and delayed reinforcement},
  author={G. Ainslie and R. Herrnstein},
  journal={Animal Learning & Behavior},
  year={1981},
  volume={9},
  pages={476-482}
}

G. Ainslie, R. Herrnstein

Published 1981

Psychology

Animal Learning & Behavior

Pigeons chose, in a two-key discrete-trial procedure, between 2- and 4-sec access to grain, with the larger amount always presented 4 sec later than the smaller. As the delay between the choice and the availability of the smaller reinforcement was varied from .01 to 12 sec, all subjects reversed preference from the small-early to the large-late reinforcement. The values of delay at which preference reversed were approximately consistent with the matching law as adapted for delayed reinforcement… CONTINUE READING

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