Temporal parameters of self-controlled behavior in humans

Self-controlled behavior, defined as refraining from taking a reward until an external criterion is reached, was study with 36 participants that were exposed to pairs of TV videos which were available according to the following contingency. An attempt to play the first video (SR1) turned off it and...

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Autores:
Palacios Conde, Hilda
Ávila Santibáñez, Raúl
Juárez Segura, Andrea
Miranda Hernández, Patricia
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2011
Institución:
Universidad de San Buenaventura
Repositorio:
Repositorio USB
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.usb.edu.co:10819/25676
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/10819/25676
https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.790
Palabra clave:
Temporal parameters
self-controlled behavior
TV videos
humans
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openAccess
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International Journal of Psychological Research - 2011
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Summary:Self-controlled behavior, defined as refraining from taking a reward until an external criterion is reached, was study with 36 participants that were exposed to pairs of TV videos which were available according to the following contingency. An attempt to play the first video (SR1) turned off it and cancelled the second video (SR2) presentation, otherwise SR2 could be played. Four SR1 durations were programmed according to three repetitive time cycles (T cycle) of different length each one. The obtained duration of SR1 de percentage of SR2 delivered per session were lower as SR1 duration was lengthened and this effect was higher with longer T cycles. These findings show the viability of this type of procedure to study self-controlled behavior.