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Matching Law
Proportion of responses emiited on a particualr schedule matches the proportion of reinforcers obtained on that schedule
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Concurrent Schedule of Reinforcement
consist of the simultaneous presentation of two or more independent schedules each leading to a rienforcer
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Bias from Matching
When one alternative attracts a higher proportion of responses than would be predicted by matching, regardless of whether that alternative contains the richer or poorer schedule of reinforcement
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Melioration Theory
A pigeons tendency to match (meliorate) has the effect of producing an overll level of reinforcement that is suboptimal
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Self-Control
Consisit of choosing a larger later reward over a smaller sooner reward
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Impulsivess
Consist of choosing a smaller sooner reward over a larger later reward
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Delay of Gratification
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Commitment Response
an action carried out at an early point in time that serves either to eliminate or greatly reduce the value of an upcoming tempation
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Small-but-cumulative effects models
Each individual choice on a self-control task has only a small but cumulative effect on our likelihood of obtaining the desired long-term outcome
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