The matching law provides a quantitative description of social time allocation in children with autism.
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DOI: 10.1002/jaba.934
Abstract: Recent research has developed and evaluated assessments of sociability in which time allocation near or away from an adult who initiates social interactions is used to characterize the participant as social, indifferent, or avoidant of… read more here.
Keywords: time; time allocation; social time; matching law ... See more keywords
Basic and applied research on extinction bursts
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DOI: 10.1002/jaba.954
Abstract: Discontinuation of the contingency between a response and its reinforcer sometimes produces a temporary increase in the response before its rate decreases, a phenomenon called the extinction burst. Prior clinical and basic studies on the… read more here.
Keywords: extinction bursts; matching law; extinction; extinction burst ... See more keywords
Overconsumption as a function of how individuals make choices: A paper in honor of Howard Rachlin's contributions to psychology.
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DOI: 10.1002/jeab.821
Abstract: Howard Rachlin's widely influential behavioral economic approach to self-control and related issues provides the model for this submission. The topic is overconsumption. Current human consumption levels are unsustainable. Explanations typically focus on societal factors, such… read more here.
Keywords: overconsumption function; howard rachlin; matching law; psychology ... See more keywords
Applying the matching law as micro-foundation of social phenomena.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.03.010
Abstract: Social phenomena are suggested to be explained by the matching law - an empirical regularity of individual behaviour. While a considerable amount of psychological research on this law exists, only a few sociological applications can… read more here.
Keywords: foundation social; matching law; law; social phenomena ... See more keywords