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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Variable Schedules"”.
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Can we pay people to act healthily? testing the relative effectiveness of incentive dimensions and underlying psychological mediators
… procedure: positive, negative; schedule: fixed, variable). Negative reinforcement was expected to be more effective than positive reinforcement because people are loss averse. Variable schedules were expected to be more effective than fixed schedules because they buffer against habituation to the …
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EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROBABILISTIC REINFORCEMENT, AS A GAMIFICATION ELEMENT, IN A COLLEGE CLASS SETTING
<p>Gamification, or the use of game mechanics in non-game activities, has potential utility in enhancing course materials and help to motivate students. The present study sought to determine whether a gamified quiz application utilizing a probabilistic reinforcement schedule, a common game mechanic …