SET in Podcasts
conceptA model of animal timing behavior credited to John Gibbon, involving internal clocks and memory processes.
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Human Factors Minute
Scalar Expectancy Theory
The scalar part of SET comes from how animals compare the current time, held in their working memory, to the expected time, held in their reference memory.
Human Factors Minute
Scalar Expectancy Theory
The idea of SET is that animals have an internal clock and particular memory and decision-making processes which explains why their behavior can be temporarily controlled using fixed interval reinforcement.