Suboptimal choice behavior by pigeons
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Suboptimal choice behavior by pigeons.
Contrary to the law of effect and optimal foraging theory, pigeons show suboptimal choice behavior by choosing an alternative that provides 20% reinforcement over another that provides 50% reinforcement. They choose the 20% reinforcement alternative--in which 20% of the time, that choice results in a stimulus that always predicts reinforcement, and 80% of the time, it results in another stimulu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1069-9384,1531-5320
DOI: 10.3758/pbr.17.3.412