Components of Conditional Discriminations |
S1, S2
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Sample stimuli in matching to sample or signal detection |
C1, C2
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Comparison stimuli in matching to sample |
B1, B2
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Responses defined by comparison stimuli or topography, represented as counts in the conditional-discrimination matrix of Figure 1. |
R11, R22
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Numbers of reinforcers for B11, B22
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Model Structure |
dsb
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Discriminability of stimulus-behavior relation. Depends on S1-S2 difference, sensory capacity; does not depend on reinforcer rate or allocation |
dbr
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Discriminability of behavior-reinforcer contingency. Depends on B1-B2 or C1-C2 difference, sensory or motor capacity; does not depend on reinforcer rate or allocation |
p(As) |
Probability of attending to S1 and S2. Depends on reinforcer rate relative to session context; does not depend on reinforcer allocation, dsb, or dbr
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p(Ac) |
Probability of attending to C1 and C2. Depends on within-trial reinforcer rate relative to context; does not depend on reinforcer allocation, dsb, or dbr
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Momentum Equations |
B |
Measured response rate (B/min) |
rs
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Component reinforcer rate in multiple free-operant schedules or reinforcer rate for attending to S1 and S2
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rc
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Within-trial reinforcer rate after offset of sample stimuli for attending to C1 and C2
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ra
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Overall average session reinforcer rate; ra = 1 for single free-operant schedules |
x |
Background disruption or competition for responding and for attending to sample stimuli |
z |
Background disruption or competition for attending to comparison stimuli |
f, v, q, |
Parameters representing the effects of experimentally arranged disrupters: |
c, d |
prefeeding, ICI food, delay, contingency termination, and generalization decrement. |
b |
Sensitivity of changes in responding or in attending to values of rs/ra or rc/rs
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