Influences of the experienced outcome density on the probability-of-responding effect in active contingency tasks

• KUBOTA Takayuki

  Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University

• ISARIDA Takeo

  Graduate School of Informatics, Shizuoka University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 能動的随伴性課題における反応確率効果におよぼす結果密度の影響
• ノウドウテキ ズイハンセイ カダイ ニ オケル ハンノウ カクリツ コウカ ニ オヨボス ケッカ ミツド ノ エイキョウ

Abstract

The present study investigated the influences of experienced outcome density on the P(R) (probability of responding) effect in active contingency tasks. The P(R) effect was explained by assuming that the coincidental experiences of active responses and uncontrollable outcomes would increase the participants' cognitive contingency of the response and uncontrollable outcome. The P(R) effect has been demonstrated by only one other study so far, involving only one value of outcome density that participants experienced in the learning phase. Accordingly, the present study reexamined the P(R) effect by using three values of outcome density: 76%, 24% (Experiment 1), and 10% (Experiment 2). The results showed that the P(R) effect increased in the 76% outcome-density condition, but did not in the other conditions. The results imply that the P(R) effect would increase only when one experiences the high outcome density.

Journal

• The Japanese Journal of Cognitive Psychology

  The Japanese Journal of Cognitive Psychology 12 (1), 15-25, 2014

  The Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology

Keywords

• probability of responding
• outcome density
• active contingency judgment

Details

• CRID: 1390282680314298624
• NII Article ID: 130004697080
• NII Book ID: AA11971335
• DOI: 10.5265/jcogpsy.12.15
• ISSN: 21850321
• ISSN: 13487264
• NDL BIB ID: 025842269
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I025842269
• Text Lang: ja
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