BASIC AND APPLIED-RESEARCH ON CHOICE RESPONDING

Choice responding refers to the manner in which individuals allocate t heir time or responding among available response options. In this arti cle, we first review basic investigations that have identified and exa mined variables that influence choice responding, such as response eff ort and reinforcement rate, immediacy, and quality. We then describe r ecent bridge and applied studies that illustrate how the results of ba sic research on choice responding can help to account for human behavi or in natural environments and improve clinical assessments and interv entions.