Altering the "Near-Miss" Effect in Slot Machine Gamblers

Autor/inn/en	Dixon, Mark R.; Nastally, Becky L.; Jackson, James E.; Habib, Reza
Titel	Altering the "Near-Miss" Effect in Slot Machine Gamblers
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42 (2009) 4, S.913-918 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
Schlagwörter	Testing; Behavior Modification; Evaluation; Training; Discrimination Learning; Undergraduate Students; Outcomes of Treatment; Experiments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testdurchführung; Testen; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Evaluierung; Ausbildung; Lernen; Lernprozess; Erprobung
Abstract	This study investigated the potential for recreational gamblers to respond as if certain types of losing slot machine outcomes were actually closer to a win than others (termed the "near-miss effect"). Exposure to conditional discrimination training and testing disrupted this effect for 10 of the 16 participants. These 10 participants demonstrated high percentages of conditional discrimination testing performance, and the remaining 6 participants failed the discrimination tests. The implications for a verbally based behavioral explanation of gambling are presented. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10