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The role of context in choice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

Edmund Fantino
Edmund Fantino
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0109 efantino@ucsd.edu
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Abstract

Nevin & Grace identify a difference between the predictions of delay reduction theory and the contingency-ratio account underlying behavioral momentum approaches to choice. This is shown not to be a true difference. The role of the overall context of reinforcement must be carefully incorporated by any theory of choice.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 2000 , pp. 96 - 97
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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