LEVELS OF AGGREGATION: RELATIVE TIME ALLOCATION IN CONCURRENT‐SCHEDULE PERFORMANCE
作者:
Pamela G. Real,
Leon R. Dreyfus,
期刊:
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
(WILEY Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 43,
issue 1
页码: 97-113
ISSN:0022-5002
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1901/jeab.1985.43-97
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: concurrent schedules;levels of aggregation;time allocation;matching;key peck;pigeons
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
The proportion of time allocated to one component of a concurrent variable‐interval variable‐interval schedule was computed for groups of interchangeover times (aggregates) within several intact time series. Variability in obtained proportions decreased as the number of interchangeover times within each aggregate increased; however, modal proportions failed to correspond to overall relative time allocation computed over the course of an entire experimental session, even at the largest aggregate size. The aggregated time series showed periodicities at small aggregate sizes and general trends in local preference at larger aggregate sizes. It is suggested that overall relative time allocation represents a molar extreme in the aggregation of behavior that may not accurately reflect central tendency in the allocation of time to available alternatives within the context of ongoing behav
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