Author Question: The matching law predicts that 86 of responses should be emitted on the VI 10-sec alternative and 14 ... (Read 21 times)

wenmo · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

The matching law predicts that 86 of responses should be emitted on the VI 10-sec alternative and 14 on the VI 60-sec alternative. In reality, a pigeon emits 75 on the VI 10-sec alternative and 25 on the VI 60-sec alternative. This appears to be an example of

A) bias.
B) undermatching.
C) overmatching.
D) optimization.

Question 2

On a concurrent VI 15-sec VI 45-sec schedule, a pigeon responded twice as often on the VI 15-sec alternative. This is an example of

A) matching.
B) undermatching.
C) overmatching.
D) bias.