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A Discriminative Stimulus Model for Application of Greater Control in Token Economics

William F. Vitulli

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The preoccupation with conditioned or generalized reinforcing properties of stimuli used as tokens in applied settings has resulted in a costly neglect of the discriminative (S D ) properties of token stimuli. Published data suggest a discriminative stimulus model using Mechner's notation for more carefully establishing discriminative functions of stimuli in token economics and for employing them more efficiently.

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Key concepts: Discriminative model, Stimulus control, Security token, Psychology, Token economy, Neglect, Stimulus (psychology), Cognitive psychology