You could say that slot machines maximize habituation to losing, or minimize habituation to winning.
I meant checking and seeing an update to be the stimulus, not checking and seeing no update. Though I see why the latter is useful (to talk about the habit of checking despite disappointment).
I don’t have the cite, but I’ve seen a claim that people who are really hooked on the slots resent winning. What they want is the trance of playing, and winning interrupts it.
I”m not sure where money fits into the addiction—could people like that be satisfied by a slot machine that didn’t take or pay out real money?
Did you mean maximize? Slot machines, for example, do not minimize habituation.
You could say that slot machines maximize habituation to losing, or minimize habituation to winning.
I meant checking and seeing an update to be the stimulus, not checking and seeing no update. Though I see why the latter is useful (to talk about the habit of checking despite disappointment).
I don’t have the cite, but I’ve seen a claim that people who are really hooked on the slots resent winning. What they want is the trance of playing, and winning interrupts it.
I”m not sure where money fits into the addiction—could people like that be satisfied by a slot machine that didn’t take or pay out real money?