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Experimental analysis of gambling using a concurrent-schedules procedure

Posted on:2011-07-18Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:Western Michigan UniversityCandidate:Brandt, Andrew EllisFull Text:PDF
GTID:1466390011971744Subject:Psychology
Abstract/Summary:
Gambling has been experimentally investigated using various types of gambling simulations designed to mimic the contingencies found in real-world games of chance. Findings from past risky choice research suggest that certain procedures used in existing gambling simulations may systematically increase levels of gambling. Two of these characteristics, the use of a participant stake and the type of options available during gambling, were tested in four experiments in which participants had the opportunity to gamble using tokens exchangeable for entries into a...
Keywords/Search Tags:Using, Gambling
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