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Choice Matching & Self-Control

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show 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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show 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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show Undermatching Overmatching Bias from matching  
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show 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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show 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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show 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   show
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show 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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show 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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show 3. it's often the result of behavior being too strongly governed by immediate consequences as opposed to delayed consequences.  
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show SKINNER: not an issue of willpower but an issue involving conflicting outcomes.  
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Physical Constraint (Skinner)   show
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depriving/satiating   show
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temporal issue (self-control)   show
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Mischel's Delay of Gratification Paradigm   show
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