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Case Reports
. 2007 Fall;40(3):529-34.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.2007.40-529.

Applying the behavioral economics principle of unit price to DRO schedule thinning

Henry S Roane  1 , Terry S Falcomata, Wayne W Fisher
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Applying the behavioral economics principle of unit price to DRO schedule thinning

Henry S Roane et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 2007 Fall.

Abstract

Within the context of behavioral economics, the ratio of response requirements to reinforcer magnitude is called unit price. In this investigation, we yoked increases in reinforcer magnitude with increases in intervals of differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) to thin DRO intervals to a terminal value.

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Percentage duration of inappropriate sounds during the functional analysis (top), DRO thinning without unit-price adjustments (middle), and DRO thinning with unit-price adjustments (bottom). BL  =  baseline. The top numbers above the arrows indicate the DRO interval lengths, and the bottom numbers indicate the reinforcement interval lengths.
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