Specious reward

Ainslie, G. (1975). Specious reward: A behavioral theory of impulsiveness and impulse control. Psychological Bulletin, 82(4), 463-496.

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1975

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• Temporal Inconsistency and Preference Reversals
  • Medication-assisted treatment and environmental interventions (removing access, changing social context) lower the activation energy of resistance when the moment of choice arrives.

    This sourceFoundational behavioral account of preference reversal in addiction and impulsivity: small immediate rewards become disproportionately attractive at proximity, reversing the abstinence preference held at distance.

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