Nevin John A.
University of New Hampshire, 03824, Durham, NH, USA
Behav Processes. 2002 Apr 28;57(2-3):187-198. doi: 10.1016/s0376-6357(02)00013-x.
The metaphor of behavioral momentum proposes that when ongoing operant behavior is disrupted, changes in response rate are directly related to a force-like aspect of the disruptor and inversely proportional to behavioral mass. Several data sets suggest that differential resistance to change between the components of a multiple schedule satisfies the requirements of a ratio scale and is additive when different disruptors and different dimensions of reinforcement are combined. Differential resistance also provides a basis for scaling force in relation to rate of food presentation between components as a disruptor, and for scaling mass in relation to food rate within a component as a reinforcer. Preference in concurrent chains with terminal links identical to multiple-schedule components also meets the requirements of ratio-scale measurement, is additive when different dimensions of reinforcement are combined, and provides convergent measurement of behavioral mass.
行为动量隐喻表明，当正在进行的操作性行为受到干扰时，反应率的变化与干扰因素类似力的方面直接相关，且与行为质量成反比。几个数据集表明，多重时间表各组成部分之间对变化的差异抗性满足比率量表的要求，并且在组合不同干扰因素和不同强化维度时具有可加性。差异抗性还为将作为干扰因素的各组成部分之间的食物呈现速率相关的力进行标度，以及为将作为强化物的一个组成部分内的食物速率相关的质量进行标度提供了基础。终端链接与多重时间表组成部分相同的并发链中的偏好也符合比率量表测量的要求，在组合不同强化维度时具有可加性，并提供行为质量的收敛测量。
