Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17228
Title: Comparing Food Preference Assessment Methods in Brushtail Possums
Contributor(s): Cronin, Ian Raymond (author); Foster, Therese Mary (author); Bizo, Lewis  (author)
Publication Date: 2014
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17228
Abstract: A comparison was made between paired-stimulus and multiple-stimulus without-replacement preference assessments with the common brushtail possum ('Trichosurus vulpecula'). Both assessments identified similar preferences in foods by individual possums. A progressive-ratio reinforcer assessment showed that all foods identified in the preference assessments functioned as reinforcers when presented in a single-schedule arrangement, including those foods identified as low-preference. In a concurrent-schedule arrangement, the food type that was generally shown as being of high-preference at higher schedule requirements during the single-schedule assessment, was shown to have higher measures of preference again. It was also found that when the concurrent alternative was on a fixed-ratio 50 schedule, the impact upon preference was less than when the concurrent alternative was on a fixed-ratio 20. We concluded that preference is relative to the other alternatives available, and stimuli identified as low-preference when assessed through paired stimulus or multiple stimulus without replacement methods may still be appropriate to use as reinforcers to maintain operant responding.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: ABAI 2014: 40th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, United States of America, 23rd - 27th May, 2014
Source of Publication: Association for Behavior Analysis International 40th Annual Convention Program (# 434 Paper Session)
Publisher: Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI)
Place of Publication: online
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 170110 Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 520105 Psychological methodology, design and analysis
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 920410 Mental Health
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 200409 Mental health
HERDC Category Description: E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication
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