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Choice Matching & Self-Control

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Concurrent Schedule of reinforcement   simultaneous presentation of 2+ independent schedules each leading to a reinforcer. The organism is allowed a choice between responding on 1 schedule vs. the other(s)  
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Matching Law   the proportion of RESPONSES emitted on a particular schedule matches the proportion of REINFORCERS obtained on that schedule. NOTE: not the number of responses/reinforcers.  
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Deviations of Matching   Undermatching Overmatching Bias from matching  
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Undermatching   proportion of responses on the richer schedule vs. the poorer schedule is less different than would be predicted by matching. NOTE: Undermatching is LESS different.  
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Overmatching   porportion of responses on the richer schedule vs. the poorer schedule is more different than would be predicted by matching. NOTE: OVERmatching is MORE different.  
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Bias from Matching   when 1 alternative attracts a higher proportion of responses than would be predicted by matching, regardless of whether that alternative contains the richer/poorer schedule of reinforcement.  
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Melioration theory   dist. of behavior in a choice situation shifts toward those alternatives that have higher value regardless of the long-term effect on the overall amount of reinforcement.  
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Melioration Theory problem #1   1. the alternative may not require as much responding as one is distributing toward it to obtain all of the available reinforcers  
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Melioration Theory problem #2   2. overindulgence in a highly reinforcingalternative can often result in long-term habituation to that alternative, thus reducing it's value as a reinforcer.  
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Melioration Theory problem #3   3. it's often the result of behavior being too strongly governed by immediate consequences as opposed to delayed consequences.  
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Self-Control   SKINNER: not an issue of willpower but an issue involving conflicting outcomes.  
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Physical Constraint (Skinner)   physically manipulate the environment to prevent the occurrence of some problem behavior. ie: leaving money at home to avoid spending it  
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depriving/satiating   altering the extent to which a certain event can act as a reinforcer.  
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temporal issue (self-control)   lack of self-control arises from the fact that our behavior is more heavily influenced by immediate consequences than by delayed consequences. IE: we would chose a smaller but immediate result instead of waiting for the larger result.  
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Mischel's Delay of Gratification Paradigm    
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