And although in some classical experiments evidence of conditioning can be found in spite of relatively long gaps between the conditional stimulus and the unconditional stimulus, increasing this interval beyond a certain point invariably causes a decline in conditioning.
The intuition is that this free, unconditional offer increases the voluntariness of these potential participants' decisions on whether to participate, and it makes their invitation to participate in the trial easier to defend ethically.
(Anashe, female, caregiver benefiting from CCT) This view was held by all kinds of stakeholders, including those benefiting from CCTs and UCTs, despite the fact that even the unconditional arm increased educational attendance (Robertson et al. 2013).
After a retreat this week in which they heard bad news from their own pollsters, House Republicans announced that they would agree to an unconditional three-month increase in the nation's debt limit without equal spending cuts immediately — a tactical retreat that most likely reflects their sense of their disadvantage against Mr. Obama.
To further advance the current knowledge base, our study intended to test the effectiveness of an unconditional incentive to increase response rates amongst GPs.
Not only will you be saving your new pet's life, but you'll also be rewarded with years of companionship, entertainment, unconditional love, and increased opportunities to meet others.
The inclusion of £5 direct payment incentive unconditional on response increased absolute response rates by 10%.
The unconditional model showed increased odds with long interpregnancy intervals for all three birth outcomes of interest, with the largest effect for small for gestational age birth.
In addition, conditional and unconditional cash transfers can increase school retention [ 34] and reduce HIV and STI rates [ 19], suggesting that interventions that focus on structural sources of vulnerability (such as poverty) can have multiple (health and education) benefits [ 35].
