Document Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
The present study examines the effects from a variable ratio (VR) schedule of reinforcement in conjunction with the reinforcement schedule, on extinction. Seventeen college students participated in a within participants design by playing a computerized slot machine program. The program displayed two slot machines with two random ratio (RR) schedules of 20 concurrently. In one condition, one slot machine was programmed to display near-miss reel configurations. This study will examine weather the near-miss experience is reinforcing to the extent that the participant will show a preference for the slot machine with the near-miss manipulation.
Publication Date
2003
Journal Title
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference
Volume
7
Issue
1
First Page
95
Last Page
97
Copyright
©2003 by the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Publisher
University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Recommended Citation
Kehl, Jonathan; Tangeman, Nick; Daugherty, Dustin; Hobbiebrunkin, Trisha; and MacLin, Otto
(2003)
"Gambling Preference for Near-Miss Slot Play,"
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference: Vol. 7:
Iss.
1, Article 22.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsproceedings/vol7/iss1/22
