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The relationship between reinforcement and gaming machine choice.
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The present study assessed whether prior reinforcement experiences were related to gaming machine choice and the decision to change gaming machines during a session of gambling. Seventy undergraduate students (48 women, 22 men; mean age = 22.05 years) were presented with two visually identical simulated gaming machines in a practice phase. These simulated machines differed only in the rate of reinforcement. After the practice phase, participants were asked to choose a machine to play in the test phase and were allowed to change machines at will. Two measures of reinforcement were employed; frequency of wins and payback rate. Results indicated that neither measure of reinforcement was related to machine choice, but both were predictors of when participants changed machines. A post-hoc analysis of the 33 participants who changed machines during the test phase found a significant relationship between machine choice and prior reinforcement. For these participants, payback rate was significantly related to machine choice, unlike frequency of wins.
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Author/s: Haw, John (J);
Affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW, 1797, Australia. john.haw(-atsign-)uws.edu.au
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article
Journal: Journal of gambling studies / co-sponsored by the National Council on Problem Gambling and Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming (J Gambl Stud), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2008-Mar; vol 24 (issue 1) : pp 55-61
Dates: Created 2008/01/04; Completed 2008/01/15;
PMID: 17641955, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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