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Shead, N. Will; Hodgins, David C. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2009
Sixty college students performed three discounting tasks: probability discounting of gains, probability discounting of losses, and delay discounting of gains. Each task used an adjusting-amount procedure, and participants' choices affected the amount and timing of their remuneration for participating. Both group and individual discounting…
Descriptors: Risk, Behavior, Probability, Delay of Gratification
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Neuringer, Allen; Jensen, Greg; Piff, Paul – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2007
Attempts to characterize voluntary behavior have been ongoing for thousands of years. We provide experimental evidence that judgments of volition are based upon distributions of responses in relation to obtained rewards. Participants watched as responses, said to be made by "actors," appeared on a computer screen. The participant's task was to…
Descriptors: Individual Power, Behavior, Responses, Rewards