TY - JOUR
AU - Green, Leonard
AB - When offered a choice (Choice Y) between a small immediate reward (2‐sec exposure to grain) and a large reward (4‐sec exposure to grain) delayed by 4 sec, pigeons invariably preferred the small, immediate reward. However, when offered a choice (Choice X) between a delay of T seconds followed by Choice Y and a delay of T seconds followed by restriction to the large delayed reward only, the pigeon's choice depended on T. When T was small, the pigeons chose the alternative leading to Choice Y (and then chose the small, immediate reward). When T was large, the pigeons chose the alternative leading to the large delayed reward only. The reversal of preference as T increases is predicted by several recent models for choice between various amounts and delays of reward. The preference for the large delayed alternative with long durations of T parallels everyday instances of advance commitment to a given course of action. Such commitment may be seen as a prototype for self‐control.
TI - COMMITMENT, CHOICE AND SELF‐CONTROL
JF - Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
DO - 10.1901/jeab.1972.17-15
DA - 1972-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/commitment-choice-and-self-control-1dz0zZUfpK
SP - 15
VL - 17
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -